519.060 Tampering with public records. (1) A person is guilty of tampering with public records when: (a) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or (b) Knowing he lacks the authority to do so, he intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes, or otherwise imp airs the availability of any public records; or (c) Knowing he lacks the authority to retain it, he intentionally refuses to deliver up a public record in his possession upon proper request of a public servant lawfully entitled to receive such record for e xamination or other purposes. (2) Tampering with public records is a Class D felony. Effective: July 14, 1992 History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 168, effective January 1, 1975.
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