Any person who, without the consent of the person authorized to have custody thereof, removes an official record or paper from the files of any public agency or body, or who alters any map, plat, or other paper signed and approved by a public official without permission, or who alters, defaces, mutilates or destroys with malicious intent any public record shall be guilty of a high misdemeanor.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 47:3-29
Removal, alteration or destruction of public records with malicious intent
Known as the Destruction of Public Records Law
The act spans §§ 47:3-10 to 47:3-9 (26 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Brantner (2000)
Most recently applied in State v. Brantner (August 2000)
L.1953, c. 410, p. 2066, s. 15
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