Florida Statute 893.105 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVI
CRIMES

Chapter 893
DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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F.S. 893.105

893.105 Testing and destruction of seized substances.—

(1) Any controlled substance or listed chemical seized as evidence may be sample tested and weighed by the seizing agency after the seizure. Any such sample and the analysis thereof shall be admissible into evidence in any civil or criminal action for the purpose of proving the nature, composition, and weight of the substance seized. In addition, the seizing agency may photograph or videotape, for use at trial, the controlled substance or listed chemical seized.

(2) Controlled substances or listed chemicals that are not retained for sample testing as provided in subsection (1) may be destroyed pursuant to a court order issued in accordance with s. 893.12.

History.—s. 1, ch. 82-88; s. 3, ch. 91-279.

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Cases Citing Statute 893.105

Total Results: 4

GEG v. State

417 So. 2d 975

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 15, 1982 | Docket: 1383986

Cited 13 times | Published

of Florida, provides in full: Section 1. Section 893.105, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 893

Richards v. State

37 So. 3d 925, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 8184, 2010 WL 2292116

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 9, 2010 | Docket: 1239894

Cited 2 times | Published

and weight of the substance seized.” [e.s.] § 893.105(1), Fla. Stat. (2009). It is obvious that § 898

G. E. G. v. State

417 So. 2d 975, 1982 Fla. LEXIS 2479

Supreme Court of Florida | Filed: Jul 15, 1982 | Docket: 64591599

Cited 1 times | Published

Laws of Florida, provides in full: Section 1. Section 893.105, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 893

Campbell v. State of Florida

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 26, 2025 | Docket: 69792800

Published

container where the suspect substance is found. See § 893.105(1) (providing for sample testing of controlled