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Columbia Tampering with a public record ordinance (§ 16-198)

Chapter 16: Offenses and Miscellaneous Provisions · Article II. Code of Offenses

(a) A person commits the crime of tampering with a public record if with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability of a public record:

(1) He knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or

(2) Knowing he lacks authority to do so, he destroys, suppresses or conceals any public record.

(b) Tampering with a public record is a class A misdemeanor.

Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 16-198

Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.