{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-10-12","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-10-12","heading":"Tampering with Governmental Records.","body":"(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with governmental records if:\n(1) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any governmental record; or\n(2) Knowing he lacks the authority to do so, he intentionally destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or otherwise substantially impairs the verity or availability of any governmental record; or\n(3) Knowing he lacks the authority to retain a governmental record he refuses to deliver up the record in his possession upon proper request of a person lawfully entitled to receive such record for examination or other purposes.\n(b) Tampering with governmental records is a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 10 Offenses Against Public Administration.","Article 1 Obstruction of Public Administration."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-10-12","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"f0f3733529b77912690ea0d6d9a9a2afec76ab160aa86cac960017b99e89a8a8","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-10-11","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-10-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}