New York legal term
Public servant in New York Criminal Law
Current through 2026 New York legislative session
In New York criminal law, “Public servant” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the New York criminal code.
What does “Public servant” mean in New York criminal law?
"Public servant" means (a) any public officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision thereof or of any governmental instrumentality within the state, or (b) any person exercising the functions of any such public officer or employee. (N.Y. Penal Law § 10.00)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Bribe receiving for public office
- Bribe receiving in the first degree
- Bribe receiving in the second degree
- Bribe receiving in the third degree
- Bribery in the first degree
- Bribery in the second degree
- Bribery in the third degree
- Coercion in the first degree
- Corrupting the government in the first degree
- Corrupting the government in the fourth degree
- Corrupting the government in the second degree
- Corrupting the government in the third degree
Related terms in the same statutes
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