Oregon Code § 813.600·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Ignition interlock program; rules.
(1) The Department of State Police, in consultation with the Transportation
Safety Committee, shall establish a program for the use of ignition interlock
devices by persons convicted of driving while under the influence of
intoxicants and granted hardship permits under ORS 807.240 and by persons who
have entered into a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion
agreement.
(2) The
department shall adopt rules that specify requirements for ignition interlock
devices that may be used and shall publish a list of devices that meet the
requirements. The list may include devices that:
(a) Do not impede
the safe operation of the vehicle;
(b) Have the
fewest opportunities to be bypassed;
(c) Correlate
well with established measures of alcohol impairment;
(d) Work
accurately and reliably in an unsupervised environment;
(e) Require a
deep lung breath sample or other accurate measure of blood alcohol content
equivalence;
(f) Resist
tampering and give evidence if tampering is attempted;
(g) Are difficult
to circumvent, and require premeditation to do so;
(h) Minimize
inconvenience to a sober user;
(i) Operate
reliably over the range of automobile environments or automobile manufacturing
standards;
(j) Are
manufactured by a party who is adequately insured for product liability;
(k) Have a label
affixed in a prominent location warning that any person tampering with,
circumventing or otherwise misusing the device is subject to civil penalty; and
(L) If there is a
test violation, record the locational coordinate information of the vehicle,
including latitude and longitude as established by a global positioning system.
(3) The
department shall adopt rules for the annual testing of ignition interlock
devices. The rules shall establish standards for the devices and for the
performance of the devices. [1987 c.746 §1; 1991 c.453 §14; 1993 c.382 §2; 2011
c.671 §1; 2017 c.655 §§7,19]