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Any officer or employee of the Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this article who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, is guilty of a Class 6 felony and shall, upon conviction, be summarily discharged from office.\n\nB\n\nAny person that forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter with the intent to hinder, delay, or prevent the performance of such duties is guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1332426,"text":"Any person that shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of the Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the Board, any money or other thing of value, with intent to influence said officer or employee in the discharge of any such duty, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 290 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 1970 \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 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1424663,"object_type":"law","relational_id":358051,"identifier":"3.2-5410","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5410","url":"\/3.2-5410\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-5410\/","token":"3.2\/IV\/54\/3\/3.2-5410","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibitions of bribery or gifts to state employees; assaults or interference with such employees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-5410","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person that shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any officer or employee of the Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the Board<\/span>, any money or other thing of value, with intent<\/span> to influence said officer or employee in the discharge of any such duty, is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. Any officer or employee of the Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed by this article who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from any person, given with intent<\/span> to influence his official action, or who shall receive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce any gift, money, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent<\/span> whatsoever, is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span> and shall, upon conviction<\/span>, be summarily discharged from office. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any person that forcibly assaults<\/span>, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person engaged in or on account of the performance of his official duties under this chapter with the intent<\/span> to hinder, delay, or prevent the performance of such duties is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITIONS OF BRIBERY OR GIFTS TO STATE EMPLOYEES; ASSAULTS OR INTERFERENCE\nWITH SUCH EMPLOYEES (\u00a7 3.2-5410)\n\nA. Any person that shall give, pay, or offer, directly or indirectly, to any\nofficer or employee of the Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties\nprescribed by this chapter or by the regulations of the Board, any money or\nother thing of value, with intent to influence said officer or employee in the\ndischarge of any such duty, is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Any officer or\nemployee of the Commonwealth authorized to perform any of the duties prescribed\nby this article who shall accept any money, gift, or other thing of value from\nany person, given with intent to influence his official action, or who shall\nreceive or accept from any person engaged in intrastate commerce any gift,\nmoney, or other thing of value given with any purpose or intent whatsoever, is\nguilty of a Class 6 felony and shall, upon conviction, be summarily discharged\nfrom office.\n\nB. Any person that forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or\ninterferes with any person engaged in or on account of the performance of his\nofficial duties under this chapter with the intent to hinder, delay, or prevent\nthe performance of such duties is guilty of a Class 6 felony.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 290, \u00a7 3.1-884.25; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}