{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-40.16.010","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 40.16.010","heading":"Injury to public record.","body":"Every person who shall willfully and unlawfully remove, alter, mutilate, destroy, conceal, or obliterate a record, map, book, paper, document, or other thing filed or deposited in a public office, or with any public officer, by authority of law, is guilty of a class C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in a state correctional facility for not more than five years, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both.","path":["Title 40","Chapter 40.16"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=40.16.010","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:41:46Z","sha256":"c6bbdb3dab6dccbcfa34449ccf143c42a1aaf600e6225f0b382f81102ae4a3df","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-40.14.180","next":"us-wa/rcw-40.16.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}