Sec. 2-141.      False entries in, or alteration, destruction of town records.

   (a)  No officer of the town shall fraudulently make a false entry in, or erase, alter,

secrete or destroy, any record, including a microphotographic copy, in his keeping and belonging to his office.

   (b)  A violation of this section shall constitute a class 1 misdemeanor.

   (c)  A person who violates this section shall forfeit his office and be forever incapable of holding any office of honor, profit or trust under the state constitution.

(Code 1982, § 2-5)

   Cross references: Damaging or defacing property generally, § 50-18.

   State law references: Similar provisions, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-472.