Alabama § 13A-10-12 Tampering with Governmental Records

Alabama Statutes

§ 13A-10-12 — Tampering with Governmental Records

Alabama § 13A-10-12

Title 13ACriminal Code

Ch. 10Offenses Against Public Administration

Art. 1Obstruction of Public Administration

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Ala. Code § 13A-10-12 (2026).

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(a)A person commits the crime of tampering with governmental records if:

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

(2)Knowing he lacks the authority to do so, he intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or otherwise substantially impairs the verity or availability of any governmental record; or

(3)Knowing he lacks the authority to retain a governmental record he refuses to deliver up the record in his possession upon proper request of a person lawfully entitled to receive such record for examination or other purposes.

(b)Tampering with governmental records is a Class A misdemeanor.

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(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with governmental records if:
(1) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any governmental record; or
(2) Knowing he lacks the authority to do so, he intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or otherwise substantially impairs the verity or availability of any governmental record; or
(3) Knowing he lacks the authority to retain a governmental record he refuses to deliver up the record in his possession upon proper request of a person lawfully entitled to receive such record for examination or other purposes.
(b) Tampering with governmental records is a Class A misdemeanor.