NYSentencing

§ 175.25 Tampering with public records in the first degree.
    A  person  is  guilty of tampering with public records in the
first degree when, knowing that he does not have the authority of
anyone  entitled  to  grant  it,  and  with intent to defraud, 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 first degree is a class
D felony.
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