Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.68.030 (2026)

Receiving or granting unlawful compensation

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(1) A person is guilty of receiving or granting unlawful compensation if:

(a) Being a public servant, he or she requests, accepts, or agrees to accept compensation for advice or other assistance in preparing a bill, contract, claim, or transaction regarding which he or she knows he or she is likely to have an official discretion to exercise; or

(b) He or she knowingly offers, pays, or agrees to pay compensation to a public servant for advice or other assistance in preparing or promoting a bill, contract, claim, or other transaction regarding which the public servant is likely to have an official discretion to exercise.

(2) Receiving or granting unlawful compensation is a class C felony.

[ 2011 c 336 s 388; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.68.030.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2022 · leading case: State v. Clark, 659 P.2d 554 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983).

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State v. Clark, 659 P.2d 554 (Wash. Ct. App. 1983). · cites it 2× “RCW 9A.68.030. Clark maintains that granting unlawful compensation stands in the relationship of a lesser included offense to bribery; therefore, she was entitled to the instruction.”

Bainbridge Taxpayers Unite v. City of Bainbridge Island (W.D. Wash. 2022). · cites it 3× “010(1)(a), RCW 9A.68.030(1)(b), 20 RCW 9A.68.050(1)(b), RCW 42.”

— Wash. Rev. Code § 9A.68.030(1)(b) — 1 case

Bainbridge Taxpayers Unite v. City of Bainbridge Island (W.D. Wash. 2022). “010(1)(a), RCW 9A.68.030(1)(b), 20 RCW 9A.68.050(1)(b), RCW 42.”

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