Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 13, § 1102 (2026)

Public officers or employees accepting bribes

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(Cite as: 13 V.S.A. § 1102)

§ 1102. Public officers or employees accepting bribes

(a) An executive, legislative, or judicial officer, or any employee, appointee, or designee of such officer, or a person who is a candidate or applicant for an executive, legislative, or judicial office, shall not, directly or indirectly, corruptly, ask, demand, exact, solicit, accept, receive, or agree to receive a gift or gratuity, or a promise to make a gift or to do an act beneficial to himself or herself or another:

(1) with the understanding that he or she will be influenced thereby in any finding, decision, report, or opinion in any matter within his or her official capacity or employment; or

(2) for or because of any finding, decision, report, or opinion in any matter within his or her official capacity or employment.

(b) A person who violates this section shall, if the gift, gratuity, or benefit is less than $500.00 in value, be imprisoned not more than two years or fined not more than $5,000.00, or both. A person who violates this section shall, if the gift, gratuity, or benefit is $500.00 or more in value, be imprisoned not more than 10 years or fined not more than $10,000.00, or both. (Amended 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1981, No. 223 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1987, No. 48, § 2.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2001–2012 · leading case: Brady v. Dean, 790 A.2d 428 (Vt. 2001).

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Brady v. Dean, 790 A.2d 428 (Vt. 2001). “Senate and House members may be criminally prosecuted for certain actions, such as soliciting or accepting bribes, see 13 V.S.A. § 1102, or even subject to civil suit for actions outside the scope of their legislative duties.”

United States v. Manzo, 851 F. Supp. 2d 797 (D.N.J. 2012). “if the benefit was offered, conferred, solicited, accepted, or agreed to pursuant to an express agreement to take or withhold a specific exercise of official discretion if such exercise of official discretion would not have been taken or withheld but for the benefit”); 13 V.S.A.…”

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