All records made or received by or under the authority of, or coming into the custody,
control or possession of state or local officials in the course of their public duties,
are property of the state or local government and shall not be mutilated, destroyed,
transferred, removed or otherwise damaged or disposed of, in whole or in part, except
as provided by law. Records, as defined herein, are to be controlled in accordance
with the provisions of the State and Local Records Law, RSMo 109.200—109.310, and
the provisions of this division of the Code of Ordinances.
Any person who shall, in violation of this division, willfully and unlawfully conceal,
remove, mutilate, obliterate, falsify, destroy, steal, embezzle or negligently dispose
of any record shall be guilty of an ordinance violation, and shall, upon conviction,
be punished as provided in the Missouri statutes and section 1-17 of the city Code
of Ordinances.
