New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10 — Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 27, New Jersey Statutes.

Criminal charges under this statute

Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.

N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

5. Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior. a. A public servant commits a crime if, under color of office and in connection with any official act performed or to be performed by the public servant, the public servant directly or indirectly, knowingly solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit, whether the benefit inures to the public servant or another person, to influence the performance of an official duty or to commit a violation of an official duty. b. A public servant commits a crime if, under color of office and in connection with any official act performed or to be performed by the public servant, the public servant directly or indirectly, knowingly receives any benefit, whether the benefit inures to the public servant or another person, to influence the performance of an official duty or to commit a violation of an official duty. c. In addition to the definition set forth in N.J.S.2C:27-1, "benefit" as used in this act includes any benefit from or by reason of a contract or agreement for goods, property or services if the contract or agreement is awarded, made or paid by the branch, subdivision, or agency of the government that employs the public servant. d. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: (1) Fees prescribed by law to be received by a public servant or any other benefit to which the public servant is otherwise legally entitled if these fees or benefits are received in the manner legally prescribed and not bartered for another benefit to influence the performance of an official duty or to commit a violation of an official duty; (2) Gifts or other benefits conferred on account of kinship or other personal, professional or business relationship independent of the official status of the recipient if these gifts or benefits are within otherwise legally permissible limits and are not bartered for another benefit to influence the performance of an official duty or to commit a violation of an official duty; or (3) Trivial benefits the receipt of which involve no risk that the public servant would perform official duties in a biased or partial manner. e. An offense proscribed by this section is a crime of the second degree. If the benefit solicited, accepted, agreed to be accepted or received is of a value of $200.00 or less, any offense proscribed by this section is a crime of the third degree. L.2003,c.255,s.5.

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Questions this section answers

What degree of offense is acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior ranges from a crime of the third degree to a crime of the second degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10.

Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit — general: crime of the second degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10) · Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit — value $200 or less: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10)

Which New Jersey statute covers acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior?

Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:27-10 (Acceptance or receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior).

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