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Official misconduct
2C:30-2.
Official misconduct
A public servant is guilty of official misconduct when, with purpose
to obtain a benefit for himself or another or to injure or to deprive
another of a benefit:
a. He commits an act relating to his office
but constituting an unauthorized exercise of his official functions,
knowing that such act is unauthorized or he is committing such act in
an unauthorized manner; or
b. He knowingly refrains from performing a
duty which is imposed upon him by law or is clearly inherent in the
nature of his office.
Official misconduct is a crime of the second
degree. If the benefit obtained or sought to be obtained, or of
which another is deprived or sought to be deprived, is of a
value of $200.00 or less, the offense of official misconduct is a
crime of the third degree.
L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:30-2, eff. Sept. 1,
1979. Amended by L.1979, c. 178, s. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.
Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey
as a Criminal Trial Attorney
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