Idaho Statutes
§ 18-2603 — DESTRUCTION, ALTERATION OR CONCEALMENT OF EVIDENCE
Idaho·Title 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS·Ch. 26 EVIDENCE FALSIFIED OR CONCEALED AND WITNESSES INTIMIDATED OR BRIBED
Every person who, knowing that any book, paper, record, instrument in writing, or other object, matter or thing, is about to be produced, used or discovered as evidence upon any trial, proceeding, inquiry, or investigation whatever, authorized by law, wilfully destroys, alters or conceals the same, with intent thereby to prevent it from being produced, used or discovered, is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the trial, proceeding, inquiry or investigation is criminal in nature and involves a felony offense, in which case said person is guilty of a felony and subject to a maximum fine of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) and a maximum sentence of five (5) years in prison.
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Legislative History
[18-2603, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 898; am. 1983, ch. 250, sec. 1, p. 671; am. 1990, ch. 309, sec. 1, p. 849.]
Nearby Sections
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§ 18-1001
COMMON BARRATRY§ 18-1002
PROOF OF COMMON BARRATRY§ 18-1003
PURCHASE OF EVIDENCE OF DEBT§ 18-1005
EXCEPTION TO PRECEDING SECTION§ 18-101
DEFINITION OF TERMS§ 18-101A
DEFINITIONS§ 18-101B
CRIMINAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS AND PERSONNEL OF PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES§ 18-102
SUFFICIENCY OF INTENT TO DEFRAUD§ 18-103
CIVIL REMEDIES PRESERVED§ 18-105
COURTS MAY PUNISH FOR CONTEMPT§ 18-106
COURT TO IMPOSE PUNISHMENT