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Florida Statute 938.13 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 938.13 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 938.13 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
938.13 Misdemeanor convictions involving drugs or alcohol.—
(1)(a) When any person, on or after October 1, 1988, is found guilty of any misdemeanor under the laws of this state in which the unlawful use of drugs or alcohol is involved, there shall be imposed an additional cost in the case, in addition to any other cost required to be imposed by law, in the sum of $15. Under no condition shall a political subdivision be held liable for the payment of such sum.
(b) The clerk of the court shall collect the $15 and forward $14 thereof to the jurisdictional county of collection as described in s. 893.165(2) to be deposited to the credit of the County Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Trust Fund for allocation to local substance abuse programs under s. 893.165. The clerk shall retain the remaining $1 of each $15 collected as a service charge of the clerk’s office.
(2) The costs imposed by this section apply only in each county in which the board of county commissioners has adopted an ordinance which requires the collection of such costs.
History.—s. 47, ch. 88-337; s. 42, ch. 93-39; s. 1, ch. 97-208; s. 12, ch. 97-271.
Note.—Former s. 939.017.

Cases Citing F.S. 938.13

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·Maestas v. State, 76 So. 3d 991 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011).

Cited 12 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 18981, 2011 WL 5964337

...$100 or to hold a hearing with proper notice to Maestas, allowing him the opportunity to object to the additional $300 imposed. See Houle, 33 So.3d at 823 . Regarding the additional fee of $25, Broward County Ordinance, section 21-16.2, pursuant to section 938.13, Florida Statutes, mandates that an additional cost of $15 shall be imposed when any person is found guilty of any misdemeanor involving the unlawful use of drugs or alcohol....
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Trafori Maurice Bailey v. State of Florida (Fla. 4th DCA 2022).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal

...In this Anders 1 appeal, we affirm Appellant’s judgment and sentence, but remand for the trial court to correct a scrivener’s error in the cost judgment to reflect that the $15.00 cost imposed for “County Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse TF” is imposed under section 938.13, Florida Statutes (2018)....
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Glenwood Hunter v. State of Florida (Fla. 2d DCA 2019).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal

...of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2), we reverse and remand for the trial court to correct the following errors in Mr. Hunter's monetary obligations order. The monetary obligations order includes a mandatory cost of $15 imposed under section 938.13, Florida Statutes (2017), for misdemeanors involving drugs or alcohol....

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