Section 265-A:37 Alcohol Ignition Interlock Circumvention.
I. Any person required by the court to install an ignition interlock device shall not drive any motor vehicle not equipped with this device.
II. A person shall not tamper with, or in any way attempt to circumvent the operation of an ignition interlock device that has been installed in a motor vehicle.
III. A person shall not start or attempt to start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device for the purpose of providing an operable motor vehicle to a person who is restricted by law to drive only a motor vehicle so equipped. The provisions of this section do not apply if the starting of a motor vehicle, or the request to start a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, is done for the purpose of safety or mechanical repair of the device or the vehicle, and the person subject to the court order does not drive the vehicle.
IV. A person shall not knowingly provide a motor vehicle not equipped with a functioning ignition interlock device to another person whom the provider of the vehicle knows was sentenced to drive only a motor vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device.
V. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source. 2006, 260:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.