Fraudulent Destruction, Removal, or Concealment of Writing involves impairing the verity, legibility, or availability of a writing other than a governmental record.

• A. Destroying a writing including a governmental record
• B. Ignoring a writing
• C. Altering a writing with legal authority
• D. Destroying, removing, or concealing a writing other than a governmental record

Answer: (D)

The key idea is that this offense covers destroying, removing, or concealing a writing that is not a government record, done with fraudulent intent to impair the document’s truth, readability, or accessibility. The crime focuses on private or non-government writings and requires a fraudulent purpose aimed at hindering verification or use of the writing.

That’s why this choice fits best: it explicitly describes destroying, removing, or concealing a writing other than a governmental record, with the fraudulent intent to impair verity, legibility, or availability. Destroying a government record or destroying with lawful authority would not meet this statute’s elements, and simply ignoring a writing does not involve destruction, removal, or concealment.

For a concrete sense, imagine tearing up a private contract to prevent the other party from proving its terms or existence; that would align with fraudulent destruction, removal, or concealment of a non-governmental writing.