§ 135

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

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.

Other sections in Chapter 6 - Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses

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