Ala. Code § 13A-10-129

Tampering with Physical Evidence.

Known as the Alabama Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 13A-10-1 to 13A-9-92 (653 sections).

Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case State v. Forbes (1995)

Most recently applied in Megan Garcia v. Pamela Casey (July 2023)

(Acts 1977, No. 607, p. 812, §5045.)

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(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding is pending or may be instituted, and acting without legal right or authority, he:

(1) Destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or alters physical evidence with intent to impair its use, verity or availability in the pending or prospective official proceeding; or

(2) Knowingly makes, presents or offers any false physical evidence with intent that it be introduced in the pending or prospective official proceeding.

(b) “Physical evidence,” as used in this section, includes any article, object, document, record or other thing of physical substance.

Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.