Section 21-5826 - Destroying a written instrument(a) Destroying a written instrument is tearing, cutting, burning, erasing, obliterating or destroying a written instrument, in whole or in part, with intent to defraud.(b) Destroying a written instrument is a severity level 9, nonperson felony.L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3712; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 110; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 72; July 1; L. 2010, ch. 136, § 112, 7/1/2011.