{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-421","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 38-421","heading":"Stealing, destroying, altering or secreting public record; classification","body":"A. An officer having custody of any record, map or book, or of any paper or proceeding of any court, filed or deposited in any public office, or placed in his hands for any purpose, who steals, or knowingly and without lawful authority destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, falsifies, removes or secretes the whole or any part thereof, or who permits any other person so to do, is guilty of a class 4 felony.\n\nB. A person not an officer who is guilty of the conduct specified in subsection A of this section is guilty of a class 6 felony.","path":["Title 38 Public Officers and Employees"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/38/00421.htm","current_through":"57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session (effective 2027-01-01); mirror section count 24991","vintage":"2026-09-15","retrieved_at":"2026-10-26T05:51:13Z","sha256":"1b8ed67ba5a6ed1aaf585d408deaaed2bc156118ff0f2e59505c82f0848185b2","source_id":"us-az","stale":false,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-414","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-38-422"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}