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2010 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS
Chapter 918 CONDUCT OF TRIAL Entire Chapter
SECTION 13
Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
F.S. 918.13
918.13

Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.

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(1)

No person, knowing that a criminal trial or proceeding or an investigation by a duly constituted prosecuting authority, law enforcement agency, grand jury or legislative committee of this state is pending or is about to be instituted, shall:

(a)

Alter, destroy, conceal, or remove any record, document, or thing with the purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or

(b)

Make, present, or use any record, document, or thing, knowing it to be false.

(2)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

History.
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s. 2, ch. 72-315.