Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.110 (2026)

Tampering with a public record

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575.110. Tampering with a public record — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability of a public record, he or she:

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

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

2. The offense of tampering with a public record is a class A misdemeanor.

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

Effective 1-01-17

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1986–2005 · leading case: Aiello v. St. Louis Cmty. Coll. Dist., 830 S.W.2d 556 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992).

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Aiello v. St. Louis Cmty. Coll. Dist., 830 S.W.2d 556 (Mo. Ct. App. 1992). “Plaintiff asserts she was placed in the “intolerable position of having to assist [the Vice-Chancellor] in his misappropriating the college’s funds and property and thereby herself committing a class A misdemeanor by tampering with a public record in violation of § 575.110 or to…”

State Ex Rel. Hall v. Wolf, 710 S.W.2d 302 (Mo. Ct. App. 1986). “1986, tampering with intellectual property, and § 575.110, tampering with a public record.”

Fausnaught v. Newton Cnty. Juv. Off., 165 S.W.3d 578 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). “’ Attorney Bill Dobbs also has committed the Class A misdemeanor of tampering with a public record under RSMo § 575.110 by trying to suppress or conceal any public record, i.”

In Re Hb, 165 S.W.3d 578 (Mo. Ct. App. 2005). “' Attorney Bill Dobbs also has committed the Class A misdemeanor of tampering with a public record under RSMo § 575.110 by trying to suppress or conceal any public record, i.”

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