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Criminal statutes

The text of the law itself: state criminal codes and the federal criminal code, reproduced verbatim with the citation, classification, statutory range, and the date each was verified.

Federal criminal code (Title 18)Crimes and criminal procedure.Federal drug offenses (Title 21)Controlled substances.Alabama criminal codeAlaska criminal codeArizona criminal codeArkansas criminal codeCalifornia criminal codeColorado criminal codeConnecticut criminal codeDelaware criminal codeFlorida criminal codeGeorgia criminal code

Statutory text is reproduced verbatim from official sources. A penalty range here is the range the statute sets — never a prediction about any case.

Editorial direction: Antonio G. JimenezFormer prosecutor and former criminal defense attorney · Member, The Florida Bar