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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.100 (2026)

Tampering with physical evidence

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  575.100.  Tampering with physical evidence — penalties. — 1.  A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if he or she:

  (1)  Alters, destroys, suppresses or conceals any record, document or thing with purpose to impair its verity, legibility or availability in any official proceeding or investigation; or

  (2)  Makes, presents or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false with the purpose to mislead a public servant who is or may be engaged in any official proceeding or investigation.

  2.  The offense of tampering with physical evidence is a class A misdemeanor, unless the person impairs or obstructs the prosecution or defense of a felony, in which case tampering with physical evidence is a class E felony.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 47 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case: State of Missouri v. Markus Michael A. Patterson, 489 S.W.3d 907 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016).
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State of Missouri v. Markus Michael A. Patterson, 489 S.W.3d 907 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 7× “§ 575.100, RSMo Cumulative Supplement (2014).”
State v. Smith, 157 S.W.3d 687 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 5× “2 provides: Notwithstanding the provisions of section 575.100, RSMo, and with the approval of the affected court, any law enforcement officer who seizes hazardous materials as evidence related to a criminal investigation may collect representative samples of such hazardous…”
State v. Puckett, 146 S.W.3d 19 (Mo. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 5× “Subsection 2 of the statute provides 3 : Notwithstanding the provisions of section 575.100, RSMo, and with the approval of the affected court, any law enforcement officer who seizes hazardous materials as evidence related to a criminal investigation may collect representative…”
In re Mintz, 317 P.3d 756 (Kan. 2014). · cites it 3× “Knoll alleged that the respondent violated Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.100 , tampering with physical evidence.”
State v. Kelsall, 545 S.W.3d 355 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “202, and one count of tampering with physical evidence, see section 575.100. 1 The case went to trial on September 8, 2016, and a jury found Defendant guilty of the charged offenses.”
Marmaduke v. CBL & Assocs. Mgmt., Inc., 521 S.W.3d 257 (Mo. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “270 RSMo (2017) (setting forth the elements of tampering with a witness or a victim) with § 575.100 RSMo (2017) (setting forth the elements of tampering with physical evidence); see also Mo.”
State v. Ford, 906 S.W.2d 761 (Mo. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 9× “Ford appeals from her conviction, after jury trial, of the class D felony of tampering -with physical evidence, section 575.100, RSMo 1994, 1 for which she was sentenced to one year imprisonment.”
Brown v. Hamid, 856 S.W.2d 51 (Mo. 1993). · cites it 2× “ROBERTSON, C.J., HOLSTEIN, THOMAS, PRICE and LIMBAUGH, JJ.”
State v. Henderson, 551 S.W.3d 593 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “015, and tampering with physical evidence, section 575.100, and sentences as a prior and persistent offender to consecutive terms of life, twenty-five years, and 3 years imprisonment, respectively.”
State v. McElvain, 228 S.W.3d 592 (Mo. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 3× “2, provides: Notwithstanding the provisions of section 575.100, RSMo, and with the approval of the affected court, any law enforcement officer who seizes hazardous materials as evidence related to a criminal investigation may collect representative samples of such hazardous…”
State v. Forbes, 918 S.W.2d 431 (Tenn. Crim. App. 1995). “13 (West 1985); Mo.Rev.Stat. § 575.100 (Vernon 1995); Mont.”
State v. Molasky, 765 S.W.2d 597 (Mo. 1989). · cites it 2× “004, RSMo 1978 1 , and tampering with physical evidence, § 575.100, RSMo 1978. He was sentenced to 15 years for attempted murder and one year for tampering with physical evidence.”
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— Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.100(1) — 1 case
State v. Eggemeyer, 9 S.W.3d 640 (Mo. Ct. App. 1999).
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