§710-1013 Compounding. (1) A person commits the offense of compounding if the person intentionally accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration for:
(a) Refraining from seeking prosecution of an offense; or
(b) Refraining from reporting to law-enforcement authorities the commission or suspected commission of any offense or information relating to the offense.
(2) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (1) that the pecuniary benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the offense.
(3) Compounding is a misdemeanor. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1993]