Wisconsin § 946.60 Destruction of documents subject to subpoena.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 946.60 — Destruction of documents subject to subpoena.

Wisconsin § 946.60

Ch. 946Crimes against government and its administration

Subch.subch. V of ch. 946 SUBCHAPTER V

OTHER CRIMES AFFECTING THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNMENT

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Wis. Stat. § 946.60 (2026).

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60(1) (1) Whoever intentionally destroys, alters, mutilates, conceals, removes, withholds or transfers possession of a document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.
60(2) (2) Whoever uses force, threat, intimidation or deception, with intent to cause or induce another person to destroy, alter, mutilate, conceal, remove, withhold or transfer possession of a subpoenaed document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.
60(3) (3) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
60(3)(a) (a) The document would have been

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946.60
946.60(1) (1) Whoever intentionally destroys, alters, mutilates, conceals, removes, withholds or transfers possession of a document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.
946.60(2) (2) Whoever uses force, threat, intimidation or deception, with intent to cause or induce another person to destroy, alter, mutilate, conceal, remove, withhold or transfer possession of a subpoenaed document, knowing that the document has been subpoenaed by a court or by or at the request of a district attorney or the attorney general, is guilty of a Class I felony.
946.60(3) (3) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
946.60(3)(a) (a) The document would have been legally privileged or inadmissible in evidence.
946.60(3)(b) (b) The subpoena was directed to a person other than the defendant.