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N.Y. Penal Law § 60.21 — Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated or aggravated driving while intoxicated

Current through 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)

Part of Article 60: Authorized Dispositions of Offenders, New York Penal Law.

Full text of N.Y. Penal Law § 60.21

Statutory text current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17). This publication reproduces the text of the Consolidated Laws of New York as provided by the New York State Senate's Open Legislation service (Legislative Bill Drafting Commission statutory text); it is not the official statutes of the State of New York.

N.Y. Penal Law § 60.21Primary source, current through the 2026 legislative session (LBDC text via OpenLegislation as of 2026-07-17)
60.21 Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated or aggravated driving while intoxicated. Notwithstanding paragraph (d) of subdivision two of section 60.01 of this article, when a person is to be sentenced upon a conviction for a violation of subdivision two, two-a or three of section eleven hundred ninety-two of the vehicle and traffic law, the court may sentence such person to a period of imprisonment authorized by article seventy of this title and shall sentence such person to a period of probation or conditional discharge in accordance with the provisions of section 65.00 of this title and shall order the installation and maintenance of a functioning ignition interlock device. Such period of probation or conditional discharge shall run consecutively to any period of imprisonment and shall commence immediately upon such person's release from imprisonment.

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