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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350971</law_id><section_number>18.2-444</section_number><catch_line>Corruptly influencing, or being influenced as, agents, etc</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="10" identifier="10">Crimes Against the Administration of Justice</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Bribery and Related Offenses</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any person who gives, offers or promises to an agent, employee or servant any gift or gratuity whatever, without the knowledge and consent of the principal, employer or master of such agent, employee or servant, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to influence his action to the prejudice of his principal&#x2019;s, employer&#x2019;s or master&#x2019;s business; or <a id="paragraph-1307323" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-444/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> An agent, employee or servant who, without the knowledge and consent of his principal, employer or master requests or accepts a gift or gratuity or a promise to make a gift or to do an act beneficial to himself, under an agreement or with an understanding that he shall act in any particular manner as to his principal&#x2019;s, employer&#x2019;s or master&#x2019;s business; or <a id="paragraph-1307324" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-444/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> An agent, employee or servant who, being authorized to procure <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, supplies or other articles either by purchase or <span class="dictionary">contract</span> for his principal, employer or master or to employ service or labor for his principal, employer or master receives directly or indirectly, for himself or for another, a commission, discount or bonus from the person who makes such sale or <span class="dictionary">contract</span>, or furnishes such <span class="dictionary">materials</span>, supplies or other articles, or from a person who renders such service or labor; or <a id="paragraph-1307325" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-444/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any person who gives or offers such an agent, employee or servant such commission, discount or bonus;
			shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-1307326" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-444/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-404; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
