76-8-412. Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian.
(1)(a) As used in this section, "public record" means the following records filed or deposited in a public office:
(i) a record;
(ii) a map;
(iii) a book; or
(iv) a paper or proceeding of a court.
(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.
(2) An actor commits stealing, destroying, or mutilating a public record by a custodian if the actor:
(a) is a government officer who has custody of a public record; and
(b) steals, willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, falsifies, removes, or secrets the whole or a part of the public record or permits another individual to do so.
(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.