New Jersey statute

N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7 — Tampering with public records or information

Current through P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

Part of Chapter 28, New Jersey Statutes.

Criminal charges under this statute

Tampering with public records or information

Full text of N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7

Statutory text current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22. This publication reproduces the official text of the New Jersey Statutes from the statute files published by the New Jersey Legislature; it is not the official statutes of the State of New Jersey.

N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7Primary source, current through the P.L.2025, c.346, and J.R.22

2C:28-7. Tampering with public records or information. a. Offense defined. A person commits an offense if he: (1) Knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, any record, document or thing belonging to, or received or kept by, the government for information or record, or required by law to be kept by others for information of the government; (2) Makes, presents, offers for filing, or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false, and with purpose that it be taken as a genuine part of information or records referred to in paragraph (1); or (3) Purposely and unlawfully destroys, conceals, removes, mutilates, or otherwise impairs the verity or availability of any such record, document or thing. b. Grading. An offense under subsection a. is a disorderly persons offense unless the actor's purpose is to defraud or injure anyone, in which case the offense is a crime of the third degree. c. A person commits a crime of the fourth degree if he purposely and unlawfully alters, destroys, conceals, removes or disables any camera or other monitoring device including any videotape, film or other medium used to record sound or images that is installed in a patrol vehicle. L.1978, c.95; amended 2001, c.219.

Official sources

justia: N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7

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Questions this section answers

What degree of offense is tampering with public records or information in New Jersey?

It depends on the circumstances: tampering with public records or information ranges from a disorderly persons offense to a crime of the third degree in New Jersey under N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7.

Tampering without purpose to defraud or injure: disorderly persons offense (N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7) · Tampering with purpose to defraud or injure: crime of the third degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7) · Tampering with patrol vehicle recording device: crime of the fourth degree (N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7)

Which New Jersey statute covers tampering with public records or information?

Tampering with public records or information is governed by N.J.S.A. 2C:28-7 (Tampering with public records or information).

This reference is informational and is not legal advice.