CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXTORTION BY OFFICER (§ 18.2-470)

If any officer, for performing an official duty for which a fee or compensation
is allowed or provided by law, knowingly demand and receive a greater fee or
compensation than is so allowed or provided, he shall be guilty of a Class 4
misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-304; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.