2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-2-505. Summary forfeiture of certain substances.
A. All controlled substances in Schedule I of Section 2-204 of this title and all controlled substances in Schedules II, III, IV, and V that are not in properly labeled containers in accordance with this act that are possessed, transferred, sold, or offered for sale in violation of this act are deemed contraband and shall be seized and summarily forfeited.
B. All hazardous materials and all property contaminated with hazardous materials described in paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 2-503 of this title, used or intended to be used by persons to unlawfully manufacture or attempt to manufacture any controlled dangerous substance, shall be summarily forfeited to the state and submitted to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation for prompt destruction in accordance with state and federal laws.
C. Species of plants from which controlled substances in Schedules I or II of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act may be derived which have been planted or cultivated in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act, or of which the owners or cultivators are unknown, or which are wild growths, may be seized by peace officers, summarily forfeited and, in lieu of the eradication procedures contained in Section 2-509 of this title, promptly cut and burned where seized or destroyed by applications of herbicides approved for such purpose and registered for use in Oklahoma by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control shall ensure that persons spraying the plants are trained in the appropriate use of the herbicide and any safety and protection issues pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry.
Added by Laws 1971, c. 119, § 2-505, operative Sept. 1, 1971. Amended by Laws 1987, c. 138, § 10, emerg. eff. June 19, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 237, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1994, c. 335, § 1, emerg. eff. June 8, 1994; Laws 1997, c. 110, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 1997; Laws 2017, c. 25, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
