1. A person is guilty of falsifying physical evidence if, believing that an official proceeding as defined in section 451, subsection 5, paragraph A or an official criminal investigation is pending or will be instituted, that person:
A. Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any thing relevant to that proceeding or investigation with intent to impair its verity, authenticity or availability in that proceeding or investigation; or [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §10 (COR).]
B. Presents or uses any thing that that person knows to be false with intent to deceive a public servant who is or may be engaged in that proceeding or investigation. [RR 2025, c. 2, Pt. F, §10 (COR).]
2. Falsifying physical evidence is a Class D crime.