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Cal. Health and Safety Code § 11372.5 (2026)

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(a)Every person who is convicted of a violation of Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11355, 11358, 11359, 11361, 11363, 11364, 11368, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11380.5, 11382, 11383, 11390, 11391, or 11550 or subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 11357, or subdivision (a) of Section 11360 of this code, or Section 4230 of the Business and Professions Code shall pay a criminal laboratory analysis fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each separate offense. The court shall increase the total fine necessary to include this increment.

With respect to those offenses specified in this subdivision for which a fine is not authorized by other provisions of law, the court shall, upon conviction, impose a fine in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50), which shall constitute the increment prescribed by this section and which shall be in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.

(b)The county treasurer shall maintain a criminalistics laboratories fund. The sum of fifty dollars ($50) shall be deposited into the fund for every conviction under Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11355, 11358, 11359, 11361, 11363, 11364, 11368, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11380.5, 11382, 11383, 11390, 11391, or 11550, subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 11357, or subdivision (a) of Section 11360 of this code, or Section 4230 of the Business and Professions Code, in addition to fines, forfeitures, and other moneys which are transmitted by the courts to the county treasurer pursuant to Section 11502. The deposits shall be made prior to any transfer pursuant to Section 11502. The county may retain an amount of this money equal to its administrative cost incurred pursuant to this section. Moneys in the criminalistics laboratories fund shall, except as otherwise provided in this section, be used exclusively to fund (1) costs incurred by criminalistics laboratories providing microscopic and chemical analyses for controlled substances, in connection with criminal investigations conducted within both the incorporated or unincorporated portions of the county, (2) the purchase and maintenance of equipment for use by these laboratories in performing the analyses, and (3) for continuing education, training, and scientific development of forensic scientists regularly employed by these laboratories. Moneys in the criminalistics laboratory fund shall be in addition to any allocations pursuant to existing law. As used in this section, “criminalistics laboratory” means a laboratory operated by, or under contract with, a city, county, or other public agency, including a criminalistics laboratory of the Department of Justice, (1) which has not less than one regularly employed forensic scientist engaged in the analysis of solid-dose controlled substances, and (2) which is registered as an analytical laboratory with the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States Department of Justice for the possession of all scheduled controlled substances. In counties served by criminalistics laboratories of the Department of Justice, amounts deposited in the criminalistics laboratories fund, after deduction of appropriate and reasonable county overhead charges not to exceed 5 percent attributable to the collection thereof, shall be paid by the county treasurer once a month to the Controller for deposit into the state General Fund, and shall be excepted from the expenditure requirements otherwise prescribed by this subdivision.

(c)The county treasurer shall, at the conclusion of each fiscal year, determine the amount of any funds remaining in the special fund established pursuant to this section after expenditures for that fiscal year have been made for the purposes herein specified. The board of supervisors may, by resolution, assign the treasurer’s duty to determine the amount of remaining funds to the auditor or another county officer. The county treasurer shall annually distribute those surplus funds in accordance with the allocation scheme for distribution of fines and forfeitures set forth in Section 11502.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 32 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2025 · leading case: People v. Martinez, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6376 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998).

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People v. Martinez, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6376 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 3× “Criminal Laboratory Analysis Fee Defendant asserts the trial court erred in imposing a criminal laboratory analysis fee pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a), in the amount of $100.”

People v. Vega, 2005 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 5114 (Cal. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “THE “CRIMINAL LABORATORY ANALYSIS FEE” (HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 11372.5) DOES NOT APPLY TO PERSONS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO TRANSPORT OR POSSESS COCAINE.”

People v. Woods, 191 Cal. App. 4th 269 (Cal. Ct. App. 2010). “First, the additional penalty assessments, surcharges, and penalties related to the $50 Health and Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a) laboratory fee and Health and Safety Code section 11372.”

People v. McCoy, 68 Cal. Rptr. 3d 134 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “) Further, any county board of supervisors remains free to adopt a new resolution modifying the allocation to courthouse construction.”

People v. Webb, 220 Cal. Rptr. 3d 679 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). · cites it 2× “" Health and Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a) provides for a "criminal laboratory analysis fee" in the amount of $50 for each separate qualifying offense and Health and Safety Code section 11372.”

People v. Sanchez, 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4805 (Cal. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “shall pay a criminal laboratory analysis fee in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each separate offense. The court shall increase the total fine necessary to include this increment.”

People v. Hunt, 213 Cal. App. 4th 13 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013). “DISPOSITION The judgment is modified to impose a $50 Health and Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a) laboratory fee and include the additional penalties and surcharge in part HI.”

People v. Dorsey, 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8255 (Cal. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “2 Health and Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a) states; “Every person who is convicted of a violation of Section 11350, 11351, 11351.”

People v. Moore, 219 Cal. Rptr. 3d 90 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). “*560 For each conviction of enumerated drug offenses, Health and Safety Code section 11372.5 1 imposes on defendants a criminal laboratory analysis fee not to exceed $50, and section 11372.”

People v. Ruiz CA5 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 5× “Health and Safety Code section 11372.5. Health and Safety Code section 11372.”

People v. Chavez, 60 Cal. Rptr. 3d 261 (Cal. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “The 20 percent state surcharge is only imposed on the base fine the Health and Safety Code section 11372.5, subdivision (a) laboratory fee.”

People v. Cooper CA3 (Cal. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “III Defendant contends, and the People agree, that the $50 laboratory fee imposed by the trial court pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 11372.5 should be stricken.”

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