Any controlled substance or paraphernalia seized under the authority of this article or any other law of Mississippi or of the United States, shall be destroyed, adulterated and disposed of or otherwise rendered harmless and disposed of, upon written authorization of the director, after such substance or paraphernalia has served its usefulness as evidence or after such substance or paraphernalia is no longer useful for training or demonstration purposes.
A record of the disposition of such substances and paraphernalia and the method of destruction or adulteration employed along with the names of witnesses to such destruction or adulteration shall be retained by the director.
No substance or paraphernalia shall be disposed of, destroyed or rendered harmless under the authority of this section without an order from the director and without at least two (2) officers or agents of the bureau present as witnesses.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 29 - Poisons, Drugs and Other Controlled Substances
Article 3 - Uniform Controlled Substances Law
§ 41-29-107. Bureau of narcotics; composition; qualifications; dismissal
§ 41-29-109. Cooperation with bureau of narcotics
§ 41-29-110. Bureau of narcotics work program
§ 41-29-112. Special contract agents or investigators
§ 41-29-113. Schedule I of controlled substances
§ 41-29-115. Schedule II of controlled substances
§ 41-29-117. Schedule III of controlled substances
§ 41-29-119. Schedule IV of controlled substances
§ 41-29-121. Schedule V of controlled substances
§ 41-29-122. Exempt chemical preparations and mixtures
§ 41-29-123. Revision and republication of schedules
§ 41-29-127. Registration; factors considered
§ 41-29-129. Revocation and suspension of registration
§ 41-29-133. Records and inventories
§ 41-29-138. Applicability of avoirdupois system of weights
§ 41-29-139. Prohibited acts; penalties
§ 41-29-140. Fines and penalties; violation of Section 41-29-139
§ 41-29-141. Prohibited acts B; penalties
§ 41-29-143. Prohibited acts C; penalties
§ 41-29-145. Distribution to persons under age twenty-one
§ 41-29-147. Second and subsequent offenses
§ 41-29-149. Suspended sentences; eligibility for parole; resentencing
§ 41-29-151. Penalties to be additional; barring of prosecutions
§ 41-29-154. Disposition of seized controlled substances and paraphernalia
§ 41-29-157. Administrative inspection warrants and search warrants
§ 41-29-161. Bonds of bureau officers and employees
§ 41-29-163. Judicial review of final determinations, findings and conclusions
§ 41-29-165. Judicial review of convictions and orders
§ 41-29-167. Cooperative arrangements
§ 41-29-169. Drug abuse education programs
§ 41-29-171. Research programs on misuse and abuse of controlled substances
§ 41-29-173. Effect of Uniform Controlled Substances Law on pending proceedings
§ 41-29-175. Continuation of regulations
§ 41-29-176.1. Prosecution of cases involving seized property
§ 41-29-183. Procedure for disposition of seized property; exclusiveness of remedy
§ 41-29-189. Drug Evidence Disposition Fund created; purpose; sources of funds