Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

You're probably overthinking it. Call a lawyer.

Call Now: 904-383-7448
Florida Statute 893.033 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 893.033 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 893.033 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
893.033 Listed chemicals.—The chemicals listed in this section are included by whatever official, common, usual, chemical, or trade name designated.
(1) PRECURSOR CHEMICALS.—The term “listed precursor chemical” means a chemical that may be used in manufacturing a controlled substance in violation of this chapter and is critical to the creation of the controlled substance, and such term includes any salt, optical isomer, or salt of an optical isomer, whenever the existence of such salt, optical isomer, or salt of optical isomer is possible within the specific chemical designation. The following are “listed precursor chemicals”:
(a) Anthranilic acid.
(b) Benzaldehyde.
(c) Benzyl cyanide.
(d) Chloroephedrine.
(e) Chloropseudoephedrine.
(f) Ephedrine.
(g) Ergonovine.
(h) Ergotamine.
(i) Ergocristine.
(j) Ethylamine.
(k) Iodine tincture above 2.2 percent.
(l) Isosafrole.
(m) Methylamine.
(n) 3, 4-Methylenedioxyphenyl-2-propanone.
(o) N-Acetylanthranilic acid.
(p) N-Ethylephedrine.
(q) N-Ethylpseudoephedrine.
(r) N-Methylephedrine.
(s) N-Methylpseudoephedrine.
(t) ANPP (4-Anilino-N-phenethyl-4-piperidine).
(u) NPP (N-Phenethyl-4-piperidone).
(v) Nitroethane.
(w) Norpseudoephedrine.
(x) Phenylacetic acid.
(y) Phenylpropanolamine.
(z) Piperidine.
(aa) Piperonal.
(bb) Propionic anhydride.
(cc) Pseudoephedrine.
(dd) Safrole.
(2) ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS.—The term “listed essential chemical” means a chemical that may be used as a solvent, reagent, or catalyst in manufacturing a controlled substance in violation of this chapter. The following are “listed essential chemicals”:
(a) Acetic anhydride.
(b) Acetone.
(c) Ammonium salts, including, but not limited to, nitrate, sulfate, phosphate, or chloride.
(d) Anhydrous ammonia.
(e) Benzoquinone.
(f) Benzyl chloride.
(g) 2-Butanone.
(h) Ethyl ether.
(i) Formic acid.
(j) Hydrochloric acid.
(k) Hydriodic acid.
(l) Iodine.
(m) Lithium.
(n) Organic solvents, including, but not limited to, Coleman Fuel, camping fuel, ether, toluene, or lighter fluid.
(o) Organic cosolvents, including, but not limited to, glycerol, propylene glycol, or polyethylene glycol.
(p) Potassium dichromate.
(q) Potassium permanganate.
(r) Sodium.
(s) Sodium dichromate.
(t) Sodium borohydride.
(u) Sodium cyanoborohydride.
(v) Sodium hydroxide.
(w) Sulfuric acid.
History.—s. 2, ch. 91-279; s. 6, ch. 2001-57; s. 2, ch. 2003-15; s. 1, ch. 2005-128; s. 3, ch. 2016-105.

Cases Citing F.S. 893.033

Fla. Stat. § 893.033 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
2 resultsSort: Relevance · Newest · Treatment
Copy

·Smith v. State, 175 So. 3d 900 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 13616, 2015 WL 5306179

...time of his arrest. ■ AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED and REMANDED in part. WOLF and BILBREY, JJ., and • HULSLANDER, VICTOR L„ Associate ' Judge, concur. . The parties stipulated that the substance inside the blister packs was pseudoephedrine. See § 893.033(1)(z), Fla....
0 red0 yellow4 green0 procedural
Cited as authority(citing case) (2025)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Cited as authority(citing case) (2018)
phrase: "rule_authority"
Open case for full Syfertize analysis →
Copy

McCain v. State, 84 So. 3d 1284 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2012 WL 1398632, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 6308

...“Shelton is not binding on this court or any other state court,” Flagg at 140 , and the appellant does not persuade us to recede from our settled precedent. In addition, under section 893.149(l)(a), it is unlawful “to knowingly or intentionally” possess a chemical listed in section 893.033 with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a controlled substance....

This Florida statute resource is curated by Graham Syfert, a Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense attorney (Florida Bar No. 39104). Attorney Syfert regularly handles Chapter 893 matters in the context of drug possession and trafficking defense and represents clients throughout Northeast Florida. For legal consultation, call 904-383-7448.