2013 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS
Chapter 575 Offenses Against the Administration of Justice
Section 575.110 Tampering with a public record.


MO Rev Stat § 575.110 (2013) What's This?

Tampering with a public record.

575.110. 1. A person commits the crime of tampering with a public record if with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability of a public record:

(1) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or

(2) Knowing he lacks authority to do so, he destroys, suppresses or conceals any public record.

2. Tampering with a public record is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79

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