§ 17-103. Tampering with public record.  


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  • No person shall, without proper authority, take, remove, mutilate or destroy any record, document, book or paper on file or kept on record in any public office of the city; nor shall any person retain any record, document, book, paper or property of the city after lawful demand for the return thereof has been made by an official or duly authorized agent of the city.

    A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if, with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability of a public record, he or she knowingly makes a false entry or alteration thereto or if he or she knowingly without authority destroys or conceals any public record.

(Ord. No. 17-03, § 1, 2-13-17)