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This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 647 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":177383,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58200,"identifier":"2.2-4371","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/6\/2.2-4371","url":"\/2.2-4371\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-4371\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/43\/6\/2.2-4371","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition on solicitation or acceptance of gifts; gifts by bidders, offerors, contractor or subcontractors prohibited","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-4371","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> No public employee<\/span> having official responsibility<\/span> for a procurement transaction<\/span> shall solicit, demand, accept, or agree to accept from a bidder, offeror<\/span>, contractor or subcontractor any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services<\/span> or anything of more than nominal or minimal value, present or promised, unless consideration of substantially equal or greater value is exchanged. The public body<\/span> may recover the value of anything conveyed in violation of this subsection. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> No bidder, offeror<\/span>, contractor or subcontractor shall confer upon any public employee<\/span> having official responsibility<\/span> for a procurement transaction<\/span> any payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services<\/span> or anything of more than nominal value, present or promised, unless consideration of substantially equal or greater value is exchanged. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION ON SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS; GIFTS BY BIDDERS, OFFERORS,\nCONTRACTOR OR SUBCONTRACTORS PROHIBITED (\u00a7 2.2-4371)\n\nA. No public employee having official responsibility for a procurement\ntransaction shall solicit, demand, accept, or agree to accept from a bidder,\nofferor, contractor or subcontractor any payment, loan, subscription, advance,\ndeposit of money, services or anything of more than nominal or minimal value,\npresent or promised, unless consideration of substantially equal or greater\nvalue is exchanged. The public body may recover the value of anything conveyed\nin violation of this subsection.\n\nB. No bidder, offeror, contractor or subcontractor shall confer upon any public\nemployee having official responsibility for a procurement transaction any\npayment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, services or anything of\nmore than nominal value, present or promised, unless consideration of\nsubstantially equal or greater value is exchanged.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 647, \u00a7\u00a7 11-75, 11-77; 2001, c. 844.","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}}