North Dakota Statutes
§ 12.1-09-03 — Tampering with physical evidence
1.A person is guilty of an offense if, believing an official proceeding is pending or about
to be instituted, or believing process, demand, or order has been issued or is about to
be issued, he alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, or removes a record, document, or
thing with intent to impair its verity or availability in such official proceeding or for the
purposes of such process, demand, or order.
2.The offense is a class C felony if the actor substantially obstructs, impairs, or perverts
prosecution for a felony. Otherwise it is a class A misdemeanor.
3.In this section, "process, demand, or order" means process, demand, or order
authorized by law for the seizure, production, copying, discovery, or examination of a
record, document, or thing.
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Related
State v. Smith
2023 ND 6 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2023)
State v. Schmidt
2003 ND 106 (North Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
Nearby Sections
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§ 12.1-01-02
General purposes§ 12.1-01-03
Proof and presumptions§ 12.1-01-03.1
Presumption of age§ 12.1-01-04
General definitions§ 12.1-02-01
Basis of liability for offenses§ 12.1-02-02
Requirements of culpability§ 12.1-02-03
Mistake of fact in affirmative defenses§ 12.1-02-04
Ignorance or mistake negating culpability§ 12.1-02-05
Causal relationship between conduct and result§ 12.1-03-01
Accomplices§ 12.1-03-04
Definitions and general provisions