Section 76-8-412 - Stealing, destroying or mutilating public records by custodian(1)(a) As used in this section, "public record" means the following records filed or deposited in a public office:(iv) a paper or proceeding of a court.(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-8-101 apply to this section.(2) An actor commits stealing, destroying, or mutilating a public record by a custodian if the actor: (a) is a government officer who has custody of a public record; and(b) steals, willfully destroys, mutilates, defaces, alters, falsifies, removes, or secrets the whole or a part of the public record or permits another individual to do so.(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is a third degree felony.Amended by Chapter 96, 2024 General Session ,§ 78, eff. 5/1/2024.Enacted by Chapter 196, 1973 General Session