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Fla. Stat. § 838.15 (2025)
Commercial bribe receiving.
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838.15 Commercial bribe receiving.—
(1) A person commits the crime of commercial bribe receiving if the person solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept a benefit with intent to violate a statutory or common-law duty to which that person is subject as:
(a) An agent or employee of another;
(b) A trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary;
(c) A lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser, or other professional adviser;
(d) An officer, director, partner, manager, or other participant in the direction of the affairs of an organization; or
(e) An arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.
Arrestable Offenses under F.S. 838.15
M = misdemeanor · F = felony · degree: F=1st S=2nd T=3rd§838.15(1)BRIBE-RECEIVINGRENUMBERED. SEE REC # 9755
§838.15BRIBE-RECEIVINGSOLICIT ACCEPT COMMERCIAL BRIBE
§838.15BRIBE-RECEIVINGRENUMBERED. SEE REC #8896
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case: Roque v. State, 664 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 1995).
Roque v. State, 664 So. 2d 928 (Fla. 1995). “§ 838.15, Fla. Stat. (Supp. 1990). We have declared similar statutes invalid on various grounds: [1] Some were impermissibly vague [2] or were subject to arbitrary application.”
In Re the Extradition of Chan Seong-I, 346 F. Supp. 2d 1149 (D.N.M. 2004). “§ 53a-160 (misdemeanor); Fla. Stat. Ann. § 838.15 (felony); Haw. Rev.”
State v. Roque, 640 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). “The State appeals a trial court order which declared the commercial bribe receiving statute, Florida Statutes Section 838.15 (Supp.1990), unconstitutionally vague.”
Ocean Commc'ns, Inc. v. The Jewelry Channel (S.D. Fla. 2020). “The Florida Supreme Court has held that § 838.15 is invalid because it is unconstitutionally vague and subject to arbitrary application.”
Pampa Beverages, LLC d/b/a Transnational Supply v. Hussing (Bankr. S.D. Florida 2024). “”92 Thus, notwithstanding the dicta in numerous reported decisions stating that an employee owes his or her employer a fiduciary duty, it is actually not at all “well-established” under Florida law that an employee owes a fiduciary duty to his or her employer.”
— 838.15(1) — 1 case
Ocean Commc'ns, Inc. v. The Jewelry Channel (S.D. Fla. 2020). “The Florida Supreme Court has held that § 838.15 is invalid because it is unconstitutionally vague and subject to arbitrary application.”
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