2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 49 - Falsification and Intimidation
Section 4910 - Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

18 PA Cons Stat § 4910 (2016) What's This?

§ 4910. Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he:

(1) alters, destroys, conceals or removes any record, document or thing with intent to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or

(2) makes, presents or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false and with intent to mislead a public servant who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation.

Cross References. Section 4910 is referred to in section 5552 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).

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