Commercial bribing in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 180.00 Commercial bribing in the second degree.
A person is guilty of commercial bribing in the second degree when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon any employee, agent or fiduciary without the consent of the latter's employer or principal, with intent to influence his conduct in relation to his employer's or principal's affairs.
Commercial bribing in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits second-degree commercial bribing by giving, offering, or agreeing to give any benefit to an employee, agent, or fiduciary without the employer’s or principal’s consent, intending to influence conduct in the employer’s or principal’s affairs. ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.