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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350974</law_id><section_number>18.2-447</section_number><catch_line>When person guilty of bribery</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-448</reference></referred_to_by><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="3" identifier="3">Bribery of Public Servants and Party Officials</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A person shall be guilty of bribery under the provisions of this article:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If he offers, confers or agrees to confer upon another (a) any <span class="dictionary">pecuniary benefit</span> as consideration for or to obtain or influence the recipient&#x2019;s decision, <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a <span class="dictionary">public servant</span> or <span class="dictionary">party official</span>, or (b) any benefit as consideration for or to obtain or influence either the recipient&#x2019;s decision, <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or <span class="dictionary">administrative proceeding</span> or the recipient&#x2019;s violation of a known legal duty as a <span class="dictionary">public servant</span> or <span class="dictionary">party official</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1307335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-447/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If he accepts or agrees to accept from another (a) any <span class="dictionary">pecuniary benefit</span> offered, conferred or agreed to be conferred as consideration for or to obtain or influence the recipient&#x2019;s decision, <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a <span class="dictionary">public servant</span> or <span class="dictionary">party official</span>, or (b) any benefit offered, conferred or agreed to be conferred as consideration for or to obtain or influence either the recipient&#x2019;s decision, <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or <span class="dictionary">administrative proceeding</span> or the recipient&#x2019;s violation of a known legal duty as a <span class="dictionary">public servant</span> or <span class="dictionary">party official</span>; or <a id="paragraph-1307336" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-447/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If he solicits from another (a) any <span class="dictionary">pecuniary benefit</span> or promise of <span class="dictionary">pecuniary benefit</span> as consideration for or in exchange for his decision, <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, recommendation, vote or other exercise of discretion as a <span class="dictionary">public servant</span> or <span class="dictionary">party official</span>, or (b) any benefit or promise of benefit as consideration for or in exchange for his decision, <span class="dictionary">opinion</span>, recommendation, vote or other exercise of official discretion in a judicial or <span class="dictionary">administrative proceeding</span> or his violation of a known legal duty as a <span class="dictionary">public servant</span> or <span class="dictionary">party official</span>. <a id="paragraph-1307337" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-447/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-282.2; 1968, c. 552; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
