N.J. Stat. § 2C:28-6

Current through L. 2024, c. 87.

Section 2C:28-6 - Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence

A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he:

(1) Alters, destroys, conceals or removes any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or

(2) Makes, devises, prepares, presents, offers or uses any article, object, record, document or other thing of physical substance knowing it to be false and with purpose to mislead a public servant who is engaged in such proceeding or investigation.

N.J.S. § 2C:28-6

L.1978, c.95, s.2C:28-6, eff. 9/1/1979.