Texas Statutes

§ 481.161 — DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY OR PLANT IN LIEU OF DESTRUCTION.

Texas § 481.161
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This text of Texas § 481.161 (DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY OR PLANT IN LIEU OF DESTRUCTION.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Texas primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 481.161 (2026).

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Sec. 481.161. DISPOSITION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY OR PLANT IN LIEU OF DESTRUCTION.

(a)Controlled substance property or plants subject to summary destruction or ordered destroyed by a court may be disposed of in accordance with this section.
(b)A law enforcement agency or criminal justice agency may transfer the controlled substance property or plants to a crime laboratory to be used for the purposes of laboratory research, testing results validation, and training of analysts.
(c)The crime laboratory to which the controlled substance property or plants are transferred under Subsection (b) shall destroy or otherwise properly dispose of any unused quantities of the controlled substance property or plants.
(d)This section does not apply to evidence described by Section 481.160 (d)

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Legislative History

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 603 (S.B. 1125 ), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2021.

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