575.110.  Tampering with a public record — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if with the purpose to impair the verity, legibility or availability of a public record, he or she:

  (1)  Knowingly makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or

  (2)  Knowing he or she lacks authority to do so, destroys, suppresses or conceals any public record.

  2.  The offense of tampering with a public record is a class A misdemeanor.