General Laws: CHAPTER 222, Section 10

PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
(Chapters 211 through 262)
TITLE I COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
CHAPTER 222 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, NOTARIES PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONERS
Section 10 Destruction of notary’s records; penalty

Section 10. Whoever knowingly destroys, defaces or conceals the records or official papers of a notary public shall forfeit not more than one thousand dollars and be liable for damages to any person injured thereby.