76-8-511. Falsification or alteration of government record -- Penalty.
A person is guilty of a class B misdemeanor if under circumstances not amounting to an
offense subject to a greater penalty under Title 76, Chapter 6, Part 5, Fraud, the person:
(1) knowingly makes a false entry in or false alteration of anything belonging to,
received, or kept by the government for information or record, or required by law to be kept for
information of the government;
(2) presents or uses anything knowing it to be false and with a purpose that it be taken as
a genuine part of information or records referred to in Subsection (1); or
(3) intentionally destroys, conceals, or otherwise impairs the verity or availability of the
information or records, knowing that the destruction, concealment, or impairment is unlawful.
Amended by Chapter 238, 2003 General Session
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