Bribe giving for public office · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 200.45 Bribe giving for public office.
A person is guilty of bribe giving for public office when he confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any money or other property upon a public servant or a party officer upon an agreement or understanding that some person will or may be appointed to a public office or designated or nominated as a candidate for public office.
Bribe giving for public office is a class D felony.
A person commits bribe giving for public office by giving, offering, or agreeing to give money or other property to a public servant or party officer on the understanding that someone will or may be appointed to public office or designated or nominated as a candidate. ★ 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.