Recovery of expenses for dismantling, storage, mailing and transportation of physical evidence in criminal cases

Petr Kozlovskiy

UDC

343.1

VAK Russia

5.1.4

RECOVERY OF EXPENSES FOR DISMANTLING, STORAGE, MAILING AND TRANSPORTATION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN CRIMINAL CASES Recovery of expenses for dismantling, storage, mailing and transportation of physical evidence in criminal cases

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Published in Vestnik of the St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia · Pages 144–153 · Rubric: CRIMINAL LAW SCIENCES

Received: 02.11.2025 Accepted: 20.03.2026 Published: 30.03.2026 Language of publication: RUS

Authors

Petr Kozlovskiy

ORCID

Petr Kozlovskiy

Academic degree: candidate of jurisprudence sciences

Omsk Academy of the Russian Interior Ministry Russian Federation · Omsk

ORCID

ABSTRACT

Introduction. The development of economic relations and the transformation of crime have led to a significant change in the nature of physical evidence. An increasing share of physical evidence consists of items which, due to their bulkiness and other properties, cannot be stored together with the criminal case file. The costs of handling physical evidence have increased significantly. At the same time, the recovery of procedural costs from convicted persons in this respect is practically not implemented. Methods. The research is based on general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, generalization) and special legal methods (formal legal method, methods of interpreting legal norms). Investigative and judicial practice was studied using methods of empirical socio-legal research, which was carried out in two stages. At the first stage, 550 verdicts for 2019-2024 and the first half of 2025 were examined by random sampling from the judicial decisions database "Judicial and Regulatory Acts of the Russian Federation”. At the second stage, judges, officers of preliminary investigation bodies and supervisory authorities were interviewed, which made it possible to additionally identify investigative and judicial practice related to the subject of the study. Results. The study substantiates the conclusion that procedural costs represent state expenditures incurred in connection with the procedural duties imposed by law. The convicted person has no obligations towards other participants in the criminal proceedings in this respect. Gaps have been identified in the legal regulation of the procedure for compensating costs to persons who have accepted physical evidence for storage without concluding a contract, and ways of overcoming these gaps are proposed. It is demonstrated that the recovery of procedural costs is aimed at ensuring the participants’ right to the immediate judicial examination of physical evidence during the trial. The transfer of the challenging of physical evidence to the pre-trial stage is assessed as an effective mechanism substituting for in-court examination, reducing federal budget expenditures and contributing more to the establishment of the truth than long-term storage of physical evidence that is rarely requested in court proceedings.

KEYWORDS

physical evidence, immediacy, handling, challenging, procedural costs, storage

Funding

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