2018 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 946. Crimes against government and its administration.
946.60 Destruction of documents subject to subpoena.
946.60 Destruction of documents subject to subpoena.
(1) Whoever intentionally destroys, alters, mutilates, conceals, removes, withholds or transfers possession of a document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.
(2) Whoever uses force, threat, intimidation or deception, with intent to cause or induce another person to destroy, alter, mutilate, conceal, remove, withhold or transfer possession of a subpoenaed document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.
(3) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(a) The document would have been legally privileged or inadmissible in evidence.
(b) The subpoena was directed to a person other than the defendant.
History: 1981 c. 306; 2001 a. 109.