Bribe receiving for public office · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 200.50 Bribe receiving for public office.
A public servant or a party officer is guilty of bribe receiving for public office when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any money or other property from another person 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 receiving for public office is a class D felony.
A public servant or party officer commits bribe receiving for public office by asking for, accepting, or agreeing to accept money or other property 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.