2012 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 25 - ELECTIONS
Chapter 17 - Penalties
Section 1707 - Official documents and electronic records

§ 1707.  Official documents and electronic records.

(a)  Prohibition.--A person may not do any of the following:

(1)  Intentionally insert or permit to be inserted a material entry in any registration record, the SURE system street list, affidavit, petition, subpoena, certificate, report or other record authorized or required by this part to be made or prepared for a purpose set forth in this part, which entry is not in accordance with this part.

(2)  Intentionally materially alter or intentionally destroy an entry which has been made in a registration record, the SURE system, a street list, an affidavit, a petition, a subpoena, a certificate, a report or another record authorized or required by this part to be made or prepared for a purpose set forth in this part unless the alteration or destruction is not in accordance with this part.

(3)  Remove a record from lawful custody with the intent to prevent the record from being used, inspected or copied.

(4)  Access the SURE system, its component parts or any other official documents or records without lawful authorization or with the intent to publicize or otherwise unlawfully misuse the equipment or information contained therein.

(b)  Penalty.--A person who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $6,000 or to imprisonment for not more than three years, or both.

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