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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE L
Offenses Against Public Administration
ARTICLE 200
Bribery Involving Public Servants and Related Offenses
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SECTION 200.22
Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE L, ARTICLE 200
§ 200.22 Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree.

A person is guilty of rewarding official misconduct in the first
degree when he knowingly confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any
benefit upon a public servant for having violated his duty as a public
servant in the investigation, arrest, detention, prosecution, or
incarceration of any person for the commission or alleged commission of
a class A felony defined in article two hundred twenty of the penal law
or the attempt to commit any such class A felony.

Rewarding official misconduct in the first degree is a class C felony.