2006 Ohio Revised Code - 2921.02. Bribery.
(A) No person, with purpose to corrupt a public servant or party official, or improperly to influence him with respect to the discharge of his duty, whether before or after he is elected, appointed, qualified, employed, summoned, or sworn, shall promise, offer, or give any valuable thing or valuable benefit.
(B) No person, either before or after he is elected, appointed, qualified, employed, summoned, or sworn as a public servant or party official, shall knowingly solicit or accept for himself or another person any valuable thing or valuable benefit to corrupt or improperly influence him or another public servant or party official with respect to the discharge of his or the other public servant's or party official's duty.
(C) No person, with purpose to corrupt a witness or improperly to influence him with respect to his testimony in an official proceeding, either before or after he is subpoenaed or sworn, shall promise, offer, or give him or another person any valuable thing or valuable benefit.
(D) No person, either before or after he is subpoenaed or sworn as a witness, shall knowingly solicit or accept for himself or another person any valuable thing or valuable benefit to corrupt or improperly influence him with respect to his testimony in an official proceeding.
(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of bribery, a felony of the third degree.
(F) A public servant or party official who is convicted of bribery is forever disqualified from holding any public office, employment, or position of trust in this state.
HISTORY: 134 v H 511 (Eff 1-1-74); 141 v H 300. Eff 9-17-86.
Not analogous to former RC § 2921.02 (RS § 6807; S&S 261; 58 v 110; GC § 12393; Bureau of Code Revision, 10-1-53), repealed 134 v H 511, § 2, eff 1-1-74.
19xx Committee Report or Comment.
1974 Committee Comment to H 511
This section broadly restates the former law relating to bribery and soliciting bribes, consolidating several sections which dealt with specific officers or positions of public trust. Bribery of or soliciting bribes by political party officials is included in this section, and the definition of public servant, found in section 2921.01 of the Revised Code, is broad enough to include every category of public servant found in former law. Also, under this section, the bribe given or solicited may include either a valuable thing or a valuable benefit, as under former law.
In addition to penal sanctions against bribery, the section provides that persons convicted of bribery are disqualified forever from holding any public office, employment, or position of trust in this state.
Bribery is a felony of the third degree.
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