Receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 200.25 Receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree.
A public servant is guilty of receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person for having violated his duty as a public servant.
Receiving reward for official misconduct in the second degree is a class E felony.
A public servant commits second-degree receipt of a reward for official misconduct by asking for, accepting, or agreeing to accept any benefit for having violated the servant’s public duty. ★ It is a class E 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.