46.20.750 - Circumventing ignition interlock -- Penalty. - Washington Statutes

Circumventing ignition interlock — Penalty.

(1) A person who is restricted to the use of a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device and who tampers with the device or directs, authorizes, or requests another to tamper with the device, in order to circumvent the device by modifying, detaching, disconnecting, or otherwise disabling it, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

     (2) A person who knowingly assists another person who is restricted to the use of a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device to circumvent the device or to start and operate that vehicle in violation of a court order is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. The provisions of this subsection 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 operate the vehicle.

[2005 c 200 § 2; 1994 c 275 § 25; 1987 c 247 § 5.]

Notes: Short title -- Effective date -- 1994 c 275: See notes following RCW 46.04.015.