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§ 175.20 Tampering with public records in the second degree.
    A  person  is  guilty of tampering with public records in the
second degree when, knowing that he does not have  the  authority
of  anyone entitled to grant it, he knowingly removes, mutilates,
destroys, conceals, makes a false entry in or falsely alters  any
record  or  other written instrument filed with, deposited in, or
otherwise constituting a record of  a  public  office  or  public
servant.
    Tampering with public records in the second degree is a Class
A misdemeanor.
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