If any person shall offer a bribe, whether it be accepted or not, he shall be punished as a Class F felon.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-218
Offering bribes
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 114 N.C. App. 464 - State v. Hair (1994)
Most recently applied in 241 N.C. App. 619 - State v. Smith (June 2015)
1870-1, c. 232; Code, s. 992; Rev., s. 3569; C.S., s. 4373; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1, c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1208; 1994, Ex
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