{"data":{"id":"us/25-cfr-11.439","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"25 CFR 11.439","heading":"Witness tampering.","body":"(a) A person commits a misdemeanor if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he or she attempts to induce or otherwise cause a witness or informant to:\n(1) Testify or inform falsely; or\n(2) Withhold any testimony, information, document or thing; or\n(3) Elude legal process summoning him or her to supply evidence; or\n(4) Absent himself or herself from any proceeding or investigation to which he or she has been legally summoned.\n(b) A person commits a misdemeanor if he or she harms another by any unlawful act in retaliation for anything lawfully done in the capacity of witness or informant.","path":["Title 25—Indians","CHAPTER I—BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—LAW AND ORDER","PART 11—COURTS OF INDIAN OFFENSES AND LAW AND ORDER CODE","Subpart D—Criminal Offenses"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-25.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:59Z","sha256":"42e292890b8fc380c400e97a9437f1a25fc55af356ceb558ea1b448a75a2d8d3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/25-cfr-11.438","next":"us/25-cfr-11.440"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}