California Statutes
§ 135. — 135. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 463, Sec. 1.)
California·Code PEN Penal Code - PEN·Title 7.·Part 1. TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE·Ch. 6. CHAPTER 6. Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses
A person who, knowing that any book, paper, record, instrument in writing, digital image, video recording owned by another, or other matter or thing, is about to be produced in evidence upon a trial, inquiry, or investigation, authorized by law, willfully destroys, erases, or conceals the same, with
the intent to prevent it or its content from being produced, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 463, Sec. 1. (AB 256) Effective January 1, 2016.
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