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25 CFR §11.440

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A person commits a misdemeanor if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he or she:
  1. (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
  2. (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.