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Code · Washington · Title 9A — Washington Criminal Code · Chapter 9A.68

RCW 9A.68.010

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(1)A person is guilty of bribery if:
(a)With the intent to secure a particular result in a particular matter involving the exercise of the public servant's vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action in his or her official capacity, he or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any pecuniary benefit upon such public servant; or
(b)Being a public servant, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit pursuant to an agreement or understanding that his or her vote, opinion, judgment, exercise of discretion, or other action as a public servant will be used to secure or attempt to secure a particular result in a particular matter.
(2)It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the public servant sought to be influenced was not qualified to act in the desired way, whether because he or she had not yet assumed office, lacked jurisdiction, or for any other reason.
(3)Bribery is a class B felony.
[ 2011 c 336 s 386 ; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.68.010 .]
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