Giving unlawful gratuities · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 200.30 Giving unlawful gratuities.
A person is guilty of giving unlawful gratuities when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any benefit upon a public servant for having engaged in official conduct which he was required or authorized to perform, and for which he was not entitled to any special or additional compensation.
Giving unlawful gratuities is a class A misdemeanor.
A person commits this offense by knowingly giving, offering, or agreeing to give a benefit to a public servant for official conduct the servant was required or authorized to perform and for which no special or additional compensation was due. ★ 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.