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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 432.350 (2026)

Giving and taking bribes

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Any member of the General Assembly or any other executive, judicial, ministerial or legislative officer of this state or of any county or city, including members of boards of education and subdistrict trustees, who takes or agrees to take any bribe to do or omit to do any act in his official capacity shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from the right of suffrage for ten (10) years. History: Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 317. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 1366.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1951–1976 · leading case: Fanelli v. Commonwealth, 423 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968).
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Fanelli v. Commonwealth, 423 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 4× “Sanson, indicted under KRS 432.350(1) for giving the bribes, has not yet been tried.”
Fanelli v. Commonwealth, 418 S.W.2d 740 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). · cites it 4× “* * * The same reasoning may be applied to the instructions concerning KRS 432.350 (2). The word ‘bribe’ means the total amount of money received for each act of commission or omission.”
Commonwealth v. Howard, 379 S.W.2d 475 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). · cites it 3× “125462, violations of KRS 432.350(2), taking a bribe, were charged.”
Commonwealth v. Yancey, 534 S.W.2d 252 (Ky. 1976). · cites it 3× “KRS 432.350(2) 1 Yancey moved to dismiss the indictment because he was an employee and not an officer.”
Commonwealth ex rel. Funk v. Huntsman, 237 S.W.2d 876 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “KRS 432.350(2) provides that named officials who take any bribe to do or omit to do any act in their official capacity, shall forfeit their office and be disqualified from the right of suffrage for ten years.”
Commonwealth v. Hillebrand, 508 S.W.2d 566 (Ky. Ct. App. 1974). “Hillebrand, Director of Building and Housing for the City of *567 Louisville, was indicted under KRS 432.350 for accepting a bribe; and Appellee Douglas Lee Powers was indicted under KRS 431.”
Commonwealth v. Smith, 536 S.W.2d 457 (Ky. 1976). · cites it 9× “Smith with a violation of KRS 432.350 was dismissed by the trial court.”
Commonwealth v. Fanelli, 445 S.W.2d 126 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “Howard, were convicted on August 12, 1965, of violation of KRS 432.350 (taking bribes) and KRS 61.190 (receiving profit from public funds by public officers).”
Kentucky State Bar Ass'n v. Howard, 437 S.W.2d 171 (Ky. Ct. App. 1969). “190, and of accepting a bribe, KRS 432.350(2). He was fined $9,000 and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 432.350(1) — 2 cases
Fanelli v. Commonwealth, 423 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Sanson, indicted under KRS 432.350(1) for giving the bribes, has not yet been tried.”
Commonwealth v. Smith, 536 S.W.2d 457 (Ky. 1976). “Smith with a violation of KRS 432.350 was dismissed by the trial court.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 432.350(2) — 7 cases
Fanelli v. Commonwealth, 418 S.W.2d 740 (Ky. Ct. App. 1967). “* * * The same reasoning may be applied to the instructions concerning KRS 432.350 (2). The word ‘bribe’ means the total amount of money received for each act of commission or omission.”
Fanelli v. Commonwealth, 423 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1968). “Sanson, indicted under KRS 432.350(1) for giving the bribes, has not yet been tried.”
Commonwealth v. Howard, 379 S.W.2d 475 (Ky. Ct. App. 1964). “125462, violations of KRS 432.350(2), taking a bribe, were charged.”
Commonwealth v. Yancey, 534 S.W.2d 252 (Ky. 1976). “KRS 432.350(2) 1 Yancey moved to dismiss the indictment because he was an employee and not an officer.”
Commonwealth ex rel. Funk v. Huntsman, 237 S.W.2d 876 (Ky. Ct. App. 1951). “KRS 432.350(2) provides that named officials who take any bribe to do or omit to do any act in their official capacity, shall forfeit their office and be disqualified from the right of suffrage for ten years.”
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