New York § 496.05 Corrupting the government in the first degree

New York Statutes

§ 496.05 — Corrupting the government in the first degree

New York § 496.05

Law PENPenal

Title Y-2Corrupting the Government

Part 4Administrative Provisions

This text of New York § 496.05 (Corrupting the government in the first degree) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

N.Y. Penal § 496.05 (2026).

Text

§ 496.05 Corrupting the government in the first degree.\n  A person is guilty of corrupting the government in the first degree\nwhen, being a public servant, or acting in concert with a public\nservant, he or she engages in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing\ncourse of conduct with intent to defraud the state or one or more\npolitical subdivisions of the state or one or more governmental\ninstrumentalities within the state to obtain property, actual services\nor other resources, or to obtain property, actual services or other\nresources from the state, or any political subdivision or governmental\ninstrumentality of the state by false or fraudulent pretenses,\nrepresentations or promises, and thereby wrongfully obtains such\nproperty, actual services or other resources with a value

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

§ 496.05 Corrupting the government in the first degree.\n A person is guilty of corrupting the government in the first degree\nwhen, being a public servant, or acting in concert with a public\nservant, he or she engages in a scheme constituting a systematic ongoing\ncourse of conduct with intent to defraud the state or one or more\npolitical subdivisions of the state or one or more governmental\ninstrumentalities within the state to obtain property, actual services\nor other resources, or to obtain property, actual services or other\nresources from the state, or any political subdivision or governmental\ninstrumentality of the state by false or fraudulent pretenses,\nrepresentations or promises, and thereby wrongfully obtains such\nproperty, actual services or other resources with a value in excess of\none hundred thousand dollars.\n Corrupting the government in the first degree is a class B felony.\n