New Jersey § 2C:28-6 Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

New Jersey Statutes

§ 2C:28-6 — Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

New Jersey § 2C:28-6

Title 2CTHE NEW JERSEY CODE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2C:28-6 (2026).

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A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he:

(1)Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or (2) Makes, devises, prepares, presents, offers or uses any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance knowing it to be false and with purpose to mislead a public servant who is engaged in such proceeding or investigation. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:28-6, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

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A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he: (1) Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or (2) Makes, devises, prepares, presents, offers or uses any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance knowing it to be false and with purpose to mislead a public servant who is engaged in such proceeding or investigation. L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:28-6, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.