Penal Code PC 135 Destroying or Concealing Evidence

Penal Code – PEN

PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 – 680.4]  ( Part 1 enacted 1872. )

TITLE 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE [92 – 186.36]( Title 7 enacted 1872. )

CHAPTER 6. Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses [132 – 141] ( Heading of Chapter 6 amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 962, Sec. 2. )

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135.

A person who, knowing that any book, paper, record, instrument in writing, digital image, video recording owned by another, or other matter or thing, is about to be produced in evidence upon a trial, inquiry, or investigation, authorized by law, willfully destroys, erases, or conceals the same, with the intent to prevent it or its content from being produced, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 463, Sec. 1. (AB 256) Effective January 1, 2016.)




Reference: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=135.