Section 524.030 - Bribe receiving by witness(1) A witness or a person believing he may be called as a witness in any official proceeding is guilty of bribe receiving by a witness when he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit upon an agreement or understanding that: (a) His testimony will thereby be influenced; or(b) He will attempt to avoid legal process summoning him to testify; or(c) He will attempt to absent himself from an official proceeding to which he has been legally summoned.(2) Bribe receiving by a witness is a Class D felony.Effective:1/1/1975
Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 202, effective1/1/1975.