Section 577.612

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 577

Effective - 01 Jan 2017, 3 histories, see footnote   

  577.612.  Tampering with or circumventing the operation of an interlock device — penalty. — 1.  A person commits the offense of tampering with or circumventing the operation of an ignition interlock device if:

  (1)  His or her driving privilege is restricted by a prohibition on the operation of any vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock device, and he or she knowingly requests or solicits any other person to blow into an ignition interlock device or to start a vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing the person so restricted with an operable vehicle; or

  (2)  He or she blows into an ignition interlock device or starts a vehicle equipped with the device for the purpose of providing an operable vehicle to a person whose driving privilege is restricted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or chapter 302 by a prohibition on the operation of any vehicle unless that vehicle is equipped with a functioning, certified ignition interlock device; or

  (3)  He or she tampers with, or circumvents the operation of, an ignition interlock device.

  2.  The offense of tampering with or circumventing the operation of an ignition interlock device is a class A misdemeanor.

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(L. 1995 S.B. 102 § 7, A.L. 2008 S.B. 930 & 947, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)

Effective 1-01-17