Nevada Revised Statutes
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 197.040 (2026)
Asking or receiving bribe by public officer or employee
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NRS 197.040 Asking or receiving bribe by public officer or employee. A person who executes any of the functions of
a public office not specified in NRS 197.030,
199.020 or 218A.965, and a person employed by or
acting for the State or for any public officer in the business of the State,
who asks or receives, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or
reward, or any promise thereof, upon an agreement or understanding that his or
her vote, opinion, judgment, action, decision or other official proceeding will
be influenced thereby, or that he or she will do or omit any act or proceeding
or in any way neglect or violate any official duty, is guilty of a category C
felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS
193.130.
[Part 1911 C&P § 47; RL § 6312; NCL § 9996]—(NRS A 1967, 460; 1979, 1418; 1995, 1171)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1972–2019 · leading case: Franklin v. State, 513 P.2d 1252 (Nev. 1973).
Franklin v. State, 513 P.2d 1252 (Nev. 1973). “, a member of the Las Vegas Board of City Commissioners, has been indicted and charged with having committed the crime of asking a bribe by a public officer in violation of NRS 197.040. He now appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging…”
Ryan v. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., in & for Cty. of Clark, 503 P.2d 842 (Nev. 1972). “The information charges James Ryan, as a public officer, with receiving a bribe in violation of NRS 197.040. Originally, the attorney general commenced the prosecution of Ryan by filing a criminal complaint.”
Johnson (Michael) Vs. State (Nev. 2019). “NRS 197.040. Here, Johnson received compensation from the LonettiNVWD/SNWA permit sale and swap through his consulting agreement with Lonetti.”
Coache (Robert) Vs. State (Nev. 2019). “NRS 197.040 makes it a crime for a State employee to request or receive compensation for the purpose of influencing his official actions: [A] person employed by .”
Lucky v. State, 783 P.2d 457 (Nev. 1989). “One complaint charged appellant Angle with four counts of asking or receiving a bribe by a public officer in violation of NRS 197.040. Another complaint charged appellant Salisbury with four counts of bribing a public officer in violation of NRS 197.”
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