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N.Y. Penal Law § 200.04 — Bribery in the first degree
N.Y. Penal Law § 200.04
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- New York
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- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 200.04 Bribery in the first degree.
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N.Y. Penal Law § 200.04 — Bribery in the first degree is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 200.04 Bribery in the first degree.
A person is guilty of bribery in the first degree when the person confers, or offers or agrees to confer: (1) any benefit upon a public servant upon an agreement or understanding that such public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced in the investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution or incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged commission of a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of this part or an attempt to commit any such class A felony; or (2) any benefit valued in excess of one hundred thousand dollars upon a public servant upon an agreement or understanding that such public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
Bribery in the first degree is a class B felony.