281.350 - Grafting by public officer or employee: Penalty. - Nevada Statutes

281.350  Grafting by public officer or employee: Penalty.  Every public officer or public employee who shall ask or receive, directly or indirectly, any compensation, gratuity or reward, or any promise thereof, upon any agreement or understanding that the officer or employee shall act in any particular manner in connection with the official duties of the officer or employee or the public service; or who, being authorized to purchase or contract for materials, supplies or other articles or to employ servants or labor for the State or any county or municipality, or for the public service, shall ask or receive, directly or indirectly, for the officer or employee or another, a commission, percentage, discount, bonus or promise thereof from any person with whom the officer or employee may deal in relation to such matters, shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      [Part 1911 C&P § 521; RL § 6786; NCL § 10467]—(NRS A 1963, 17)