§ 131.27. Tampering with records.

A.

No person, knowing he has no privilege to do so, and with purpose to defraud or knowing that he is facilitating a fraud, shall do any of the following:

1.

Falsify, destroy, remove, conceal, alter, deface, or mutilate any writing or record;

2.

Utter any writing or record, knowing it to have been tampered with as provided in subsection (A)(1) of this section.

B.

Whoever violates this section is guilty of tampering with records.

1.

If the offense involves a violation of subsection A of this section and does not involve data, tampering with records is a misdemeanor of the first degree, unless the writing or record is a will unrevoked at the time of the offense or a record kept by or belonging to a governmental agency, in which case a violation shall be prosecuted under appropriate state law.

2.

If the offense involves a violation of subsection A of this section involving computer software or data, tampering with records shall be prosecuted under appropriate state law. Penalty, see § 130.99. (R.C. § 2913.42)

(Ord. 514-1997; Ord. 728-1973)