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Section 2C:28-6 - Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

NJ Rev Stat § 2C:28-6 (2019) (N/A)
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2C:28-6. Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he:

(1) Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or

(2) Makes, devises, prepares, presents, offers or uses any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance knowing it to be false and with purpose to mislead a public servant who is engaged in such proceeding or investigation.

L.1978, c. 95, s. 2C:28-6, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.

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Section 2C:28-6 - Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence