Florida Statute 948.014 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLVII
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND CORRECTIONS

Chapter 948
PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CONTROL

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948.014 Requirement to submit to drawing of blood or other biological specimens.—

(1) As a condition of probation, community control, or any other court-ordered community supervision, the court shall order offenders to submit to the drawing of the blood or other biological specimens when required under s. 943.325 as a condition of the probation, community control, or other court-ordered community supervision.

(2) For the purposes of this section, conviction shall include a finding of guilty, or entry of a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, regardless of adjudication, or, in the case of a juvenile, the finding of delinquency.

(3) Any order issued pursuant to this section shall also require the convicted person to reimburse the appropriate agency for the costs of drawing and transmitting the blood or other biological specimens to the Department of Law Enforcement.

History.—s. 53, ch. 95-283; s. 15, ch. 98-251; s. 122, ch. 99-3; ss. 23, 24, ch. 2004-373; s. 4, ch. 2009-190.

Note.—Former s. 948.03(10), (11).

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In Re Amendments to Florida Rules of Crim. Procedure 3.704 & 3.986, 22 So. 3d 1 (Fla. 2009).

Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 509, 2009 Fla. LEXIS 1454, 2009 WL 2878103

...o the general "qualified offender" and changing "blood specimen" to "DNA samples." The amendment to subdivision (c) provides for costs to be *2 assessed to the offender. Subdivisions (d) and (e) are amended to reflect the Legislature's amendments to section 948.014, requiring submission of DNA samples from offenders placed on probation or community control, respectively....

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Gary v. State, 111 So. 3d 993 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).

Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2013 WL 1859190, 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 7286

...Bradford Keith Gary appeals from a judgment and sentence entered after revocation of his probation. For one count, the court ordered Gary to serve a new term of probation. As the State properly concedes, the trial court erred in ordering Gary to provide a DNA sample as a condition of probation pursuant to section 948.014(1), Florida Statutes (2011), because he does not meet the requirements of section 943.325(2)(g), Florida Statutes (2011)....

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