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<law><law_id>772334</law_id><section_number>18.2-444</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="18.2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/18.2/">Crimes And Offenses Generally</unit><unit level="2" identifier="10" url="https://vacode.org/2016/18.2/10/">Crimes Against The Administration Of Justice</unit><unit level="3" identifier="2" url="https://vacode.org/2016/18.2/10/2/">Bribery And Related Offenses</unit></structure><catch_line>Corruptly influencing, or being influenced as, agents, etc</catch_line><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-404; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions><unit><name>Great Coastal Exp., Inc. v. Ellington</name><case_number>Record No. 822256</case_number><citation>334 S.E.2d 846</citation><date>1985-09-06</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1276054/great-coastal-exp-inc-v-ellington/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. Code &#xA7; 18.2-444(1). .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>&lt;abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia"&gt;SCV&lt;/abbr&gt;</court_html></unit></court_decisions><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-444/</official_url><refers_to/><url>/18.2-444/</url><token>18.2/10/2/18.2-444</token><referred_to_by/><text><section id="2489663" prefix="(1"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>(1</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>(1</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>(1</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2489664" prefix="(2"><text/><type>section</type><prefixes><section>(2</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>(2</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>(2</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2489665" prefix="(3"><text>An agent, employee or servant who, being authorized to procure materials, supplies or other articles either by purchase or contract for his principal, employer or master or to employ service or labor for his principal, employer or master receives directly or indirectly, for himself or for another, a commission, discount or bonus from the person who makes such sale or contract, or furnishes such materials, supplies or other articles, or from a person who renders such service or labor; or</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>(3</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>(3</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>(3</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2489666" prefix="(4"><text>Any person who gives or offers such an agent, employee or servant such commission, discount or bonus;shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>(4</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>(4</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>(4</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section></text></law>
