Rule 4.10 Acceptance and Reporting of Gifts, Loans, Bequests, Benefits, or Other Things of Value

(A) A judge shall not accept gifts, loans, bequests, benefits, or other things of value, if acceptance is prohibited by law, or if the donor is a party, lawyer, or other person whose interests have come or are likely to come before the judge.

(B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), or unless prohibited by these rules or other law, a judge may accept the following:

(1) items of appreciation, such as plaques, certificates, trophies, greeting cards, and other gifts incidental to a public testimonial;

(2) gifts, loans, bequests, benefits, or other things of value from friends, relatives, or other persons, including lawyers, whose appearance or interest in a proceeding pending or impending before the judge would, in any event, require disqualification of the judge under Rule 3.10;

(3) ordinary social hospitality;

(4) commercial or financial opportunities and benefits, including special pricing and discounts, and loans from lending institutions in their regular course of business, if the same opportunities and benefits or loans are made available on the same terms to similarly situated persons who are not judges;

(5) rewards and prizes given to competitors or participants in random drawings, contests, or other events that are open to persons who are not judges;

(6) scholarships, fellowships, and similar benefits or awards, if they are made available on the same terms to similarly situated persons;

(7) books, magazines, journals, audiovisual materials, and other resource materials in any form supplied by publishers on a complimentary basis for official use;

(8) gifts, awards, or benefits associated with the business, profession, or other separate activity of a spouse, a domestic partner, or other family member of a judge residing in the judge's household, but that incidentally benefit the judge;

(9) invitations to the judge and the judge's spouse, domestic partner, or guest to attend without charge:

(a) an event associated with a bar-related function or other activity relating to the law, legal education, the legal system, or the administration of justice; or

(b) an event associated with any of the judge's education, religious, charitable, fraternal, or civic activities permitted by this Code, if the same invitation is offered to nonjudges who are engaged in similar ways in the activity.

(10) For activities permitted by this Code, and unless otherwise prohibited by this Code, a judge may accept from sources other than the judge's employing entity, reimbursement of necessary and reasonable expenses or charges associated with the judge's participation in those activities. Reimbursement is limited to the actual costs reasonably incurred by the judge and, when appropriate to the occasion, by the judge's spouse, domestic partner, or guest, for travel, food, lodging, or other incidental expenses or a waiver or partial waiver of fees or charges for those or similar items, including registration and tuition.