A municipal court clerk is in violation of Section 37.10, Tampering with a Government Record, if he or she types a false statement in an arrest warrant before giving it to the judge to sign.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not Addressed
• D. Not Applicable

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that it’s illegal to knowingly insert false information into an official government document. An arrest warrant is a government record, and when a municipal court clerk types a false statement into it before handing it to the judge, they are corrupting that record. That act fits the tampering statute because it involves creating or altering a government document with false information, aimed at misleading the system. So this is indeed a violation.

The other options don’t fit because the scenario clearly depicts improper conduct and a violation of the tampering statute, not a situation where no violation occurred or where the issue isn’t addressed.