Section 16-701 - Defacing or removing records.
§ 16-701. Defacing or removing records.
(a) Person with custody of records.- A person with custody of election records may not willfully and knowingly:
(1) destroy, deface, falsify, remove, or conceal any record related to voting;
(2) make a fraudulent entry or alteration, or permit another person to make a fraudulent entry or alteration, of any record related to voting; or
(3) allow any other person to do the acts prohibited in items (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(b) Person not in custody of records.- Any person who does not have custody over election items may not:
(1) do an act prohibited by subsection (a) of this section; or
(2) advise, procure, or abet the commission of an act prohibited by subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Exception.- This section does not apply to the disposition of obsolete records in the ordinary course of the operation of the State Board or a local board.
(d) Each violation a separate offense.- Each violation of this section is a separate offense.
(e) Penalties.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and is subject to imprisonment for not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years.
[An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 16-701; 2002, ch. 291, §§ 2, 4.]