---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.440"
title: "25"
number: "11.440"
heading: "Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.440"
---

# §11.440. Tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.


A person commits a misdemeanor if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he or she:

- (a) Alters, destroys, conceals, or removes any record, document or thing with purpose to impair its verity or availability in such proceeding or investigation; or
- (b) Makes, presents or uses any record, document or thing knowing it to be false and with the purpose to mislead a public servant who is or may be engaged in such proceeding or investigation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.