Section 138.225 Prohibition Against Unauthorized Disposal of Records; Penalty - Minnesota Statutes

138.225 PROHIBITION AGAINST UNAUTHORIZED DISPOSAL OF RECORDS; PENALTY.

Government records shall not be destroyed except by the authority of the records disposition panel. A person who intentionally and unlawfully removes, mutilates, destroys, conceals, alters, defaces or obliterates a record filed or deposited in a public office or with a public officer by authority of law or in state archives, or a public officer or employee who knowingly permits any other person to do any of the foregoing acts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

History:

1982 c 573 s 12