Bribery and Related Offenses

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Bribery and Related Offenses.” It is part of Chapter 10 “Crimes Against the Administration of Justice”, which is part of Title 18.2 “Crimes and Offenses Generally”.

It’s comprised of the following 11 sections.

§ 18.2-438	Bribes to officers or candidates for office
§ 18.2-439	Acceptance of bribe by officer or candidate
§ 18.2-440	Bribes to officers to prevent service of process
§ 18.2-441	Giving bribes to, or receiving bribes by, commissioners, jurors, etc
§ 18.2-441.1	Bribery of witnesses
§ 18.2-442	Bribery of participants in games, contests or sports
§ 18.2-443	Solicitation or acceptance of bribes by participants or by managers, coaches or trainers
§ 18.2-444	Corruptly influencing, or being influenced as, agents, etc
§ 18.2-444.1	Reserved
§ 18.2-444.2	Giving or accepting a fee or gift for purposes of influencing decisions of financial institution
§ 18.2-445	Immunity of witnesses