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penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-474.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Any person who receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration to act in violation of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Delivery of articles to prisoners or committed person\" href=\"\/18.2-474\/\">18.2-474<\/a> or <a class=\"law\" title=\"Delivery of drugs, firearms, explosives, etc., to prisoners or committed persons\" href=\"\/18.2-474.1\/\">18.2-474.1<\/a> is guilty of bribery, punishable as a Class 4 <span class=\"dictionary\">felony<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-199193\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-474.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Any <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"(Effective July 1, 2026) Definitions\" href=\"\/9.1-101\/\">9.1-101<\/a>, jail officer as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/53.1-1\/\">53.1-1<\/a>, or correctional officer as defined in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/53.1-1\/\">53.1-1<\/a> who violates this section shall be decertified in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Decertification of law-enforcement officers and jail officers\" href=\"\/15.2-1707\/\">15.2-1707<\/a>, if applicable, and shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-199194\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-474.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBRIBERY IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES; PENALTY (\u00a7 18.2-474.2)\n\nA. Any person who receives any pecuniary benefit or other consideration to act\nin violation of &#xA7; 18.2-474 or 18.2-474.1 is guilty of bribery, punishable\nas a Class 4 felony.\n\nB. Any law-enforcement officer as defined in &#xA7; 9.1-101, jail officer as\ndefined in &#xA7; 53.1-1, or correctional officer as defined in &#xA7; 53.1-1\nwho violates this section shall be decertified in accordance with &#xA7;\n15.2-1707, if applicable, and shall be forever ineligible for reemployment as a\nlaw-enforcement officer, jail officer, or correctional officer in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 289.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}