                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN PERSON GUILTY OF BRIBERY (§ 18.2-447)

A person shall be guilty of bribery under the provisions of this article:

1. If he offers, confers or agrees to confer upon another (a) any pecuniary
benefit as consideration for or to obtain or influence the recipient&#8217;s
decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a
public servant or party official, or (b) any benefit as consideration for or to
obtain or influence either the recipient&#8217;s decision, opinion,
recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or
administrative proceeding or the recipient&#8217;s violation of a known legal
duty as a public servant or party official; or

2. If he accepts or agrees to accept from another (a) any pecuniary benefit
offered, conferred or agreed to be conferred as consideration for or to obtain
or influence the recipient&#8217;s decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or
other exercise of discretion as a public servant or party official, or (b) any
benefit offered, conferred or agreed to be conferred as consideration for or to
obtain or influence either the recipient&#8217;s decision, opinion,
recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or
administrative proceeding or the recipient&#8217;s violation of a known legal
duty as a public servant or party official; or

3. If he solicits from another (a) any pecuniary benefit or promise of pecuniary
benefit as consideration for or in exchange for his decision, opinion,
recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a public servant or
party official, or (b) any benefit or promise of benefit as consideration for or
in exchange for his decision, opinion, recommendation, vote or other exercise of
official discretion in a judicial or administrative proceeding or his violation
of a known legal duty as a public servant or party official.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-282.2; 1968, c. 552; 1975, cc. 14, 15.