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Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence - 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4910

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     § 4910.  Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
        A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if,
     believing that an official proceeding or investigation is
     pending or about to be instituted, he:
            (1)  alters, destroys, conceals or removes any record,
        document or thing with intent to impair its verity or
        availability in such proceeding or investigation; or
            (2)  makes, presents or uses any record, document or
        thing knowing it to be false and with intent to mislead a
        public servant who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or
        investigation.

        Cross References.  Section 4910 is referred to in section
     5552 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).

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