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The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XLVI
CRIMES
Chapter 893
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
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F.S. 893.09
893.09 Enforcement.
(1) The Department of Law Enforcement, all state agencies which regulate professions or institutions affected by the provisions of this chapter, and all peace officers of the state shall enforce all provisions of this chapter except those specifically delegated, and shall cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of the United States, this state, and all other states relating to controlled substances.
(2) Any agency authorized to enforce this chapter shall have the right to institute an action in its own name to enjoin the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. Said action for an injunction shall be in addition to any other action, proceeding, or remedy authorized by law.
(3) All law enforcement officers whose duty it is to enforce this chapter shall have authority to administer oaths in connection with their official duties, and any person making a material false statement under oath before such law enforcement officers shall be deemed guilty of perjury and subject to the same punishment as prescribed for perjury.
(4) It shall be unlawful and punishable as provided in chapter 843 for any person to interfere with any such law enforcement officer in the performance of the officer’s official duties. It shall also be unlawful for any person falsely to represent himself or herself to be authorized to enforce the drug abuse laws of this state, the United States, or any other state.
(5) No civil or criminal liability shall be imposed by virtue of this chapter upon any person whose duty it is to enforce the provisions of this chapter, by reason of his or her being lawfully engaged in the enforcement of any law or municipal ordinance relating to controlled substances.
History.s. 9, ch. 73-331; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 30, ch. 79-8; s. 1441, ch. 97-102.

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Amendments to 893.09


Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 893.09
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S893.09 3 - PERJURY - MAKE FALSE STATEMENT UNDER OATH TO LEO - F: T
S893.09 4 - FRAUD-IMPERSON - FALSELY REP AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE DRUG LAW - F: T
S893.09 4 - RESIST OFFICER - INTERFERE W LEO W VIOLENCE - F: T
S893.09 4 - RESIST OFFICER - INTERFERE W LEO WO VIOLENCE - M: F
S893.09 4 - FRAUD-IMPERSON - AUTH TO ENFORCE DRUG LAW WHILE COMMIT FELONY - F: S
S893.09 4 - FRAUD-IMPERSON - AUTH TO ENFORCE DRUG LAW CAUSE DEATH INJURY - F: F



Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

STATE v. S. GORDON,, 920 So. 2d 42 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2005)

. . . While this section (formerly numbered 893.13(4)(b)5) and section 893.09(5) (immunizing officers enforcing . . .

NEWMANS, v. STATE DIVISION OF RETIREMENT,, 701 So. 2d 573 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1997)

. . . Florida Statutes Section 893.09 required NEW-MANS, as duly elected Sheriff of Baker County, to enforce . . . Section 893.09(1), Florida Statutes (1991), a provision in the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention . . .

STATE v. BASS, 451 So. 2d 986 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1984)

. . . Section 893.09(5), Florida Statutes (1981), relieves law enforcement officers from civil or criminal . . .

STATE v. E. GLOSSON, A. C. P. T., 441 So. 2d 1178 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1983)

. . . Whether or not agent Weaver’s conduct is protected by F.S. 893.09(5) we need not determine. . . .

B. CUSHING, D. D. S. v. DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF DENTISTRY,, 416 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1982)

. . . search of a pharmacy conducted by the Department of Professional Regulation pursuant to Sees. 465.017, 893.09 . . .

LAWRENCE, v. STATE BOURGOIN, v. STATE MITCHELL, v. STATE, 357 So. 2d 424 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1978)

. . . Whether or not agent Weaver’s conduct is protected by F.S. 893.09(5) we need not determine. . . .

UNITED STATES v. E. B. PINCKNEY, Co., 150 F. Supp. 790 (S.D. Ga. 1957)

. . . Pinckney, whom this Court finds to be the owner of the derelict barge, in the amount of $893.09 plus . . . Pinckney, in the-amount of $893.09, plus costs and expenses of this action, and that judgment be entered . . .