Bribe receiving in the third degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 200.10 Bribe receiving in the third degree.
A public servant is guilty of bribe receiving in the third degree when he or she solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that his or her vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or exercise of discretion as a public servant will thereby be influenced.
Bribe receiving in the third degree is a class D felony.
A public servant commits third-degree bribe receiving by asking for, accepting, or agreeing to accept any benefit on the understanding that it will influence the servant’s official vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision, or discretion. ★ The offense is a class D felony.
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.