Kentucky · Kentucky Revised Statutes — Penal Code (Ch. 500–534)

KRS (Penal Code) § 521.050: Providing a pecuniary benefit for bribery of a public servant

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a Class C felony by intentionally providing money or financial benefit to someone who offers or accepts a bribe to a public servant, though providing such benefit due to extortion or coercion is a defense.

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