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N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11 — Offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior

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

Part of Chapter 27, New Jersey Statutes.

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Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11

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:27-11Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22
6. Offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior. a. A person commits a crime if the person offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit, whether the benefit inures to the public servant or another person, to influence a public servant in the performance of an official duty or to commit a violation of an official duty. b. A person commits a crime if the person, directly or indirectly, confers or agrees to confer any benefit not allowed by law to a public servant. 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. (1) An offense proscribed by subsection a. of this section is a crime of the second degree. If the benefit solicited, accepted or agreed to be accepted is of a value of $200.00 or less, any offense proscribed by subsection a. of this section is a crime of the third degree. (2) An offense proscribed by subsection b. of this section is a crime of the third degree. If the gift or other benefit is of a value of $200.00 or less, an offense proscribed by subsection b. of this section is a crime of the fourth degree. L.2003,c.255,s.6.

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What degree of offense is offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior ranges from a crime of the fourth degree to a crime of the second degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11.

Subsection a. offense — general: crime of the second degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11) · Subsection a. offense — value $200 or less: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11) · Subsection b. offense — general: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11) · Subsection b. offense — value $200 or less: crime of the fourth degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11)

Which New Jersey statute covers offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior?

Offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:27-11 (Offer of unlawful benefit to public servant for official behavior).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.