Commercial bribe receiving in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 180.05 Commercial bribe receiving in the second degree.
An employee, agent or fiduciary is guilty of commercial bribe receiving in the second degree when, without the consent of his employer or principal, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that such benefit will influence his conduct in relation to his employer's or principal's affairs.
Commercial bribe receiving in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
An employee, agent, or fiduciary commits second-degree commercial bribe receiving by soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept a benefit without the employer’s or principal’s consent, on the understanding that the benefit will 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.