Unlawful retention of public record--Misdemeanor

Any person who, lacking the authority to retain a public record in his or her possession, knowingly refuses to deliver it up upon proper request of any person lawfully entitled to receive such record, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, if the knowing refusal to deliver is committed by a public officer or employee having custody of the record, the offense is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1976, ch 158, § 11-20; SL 2005, ch 120, § 221.