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Minnesota Statutes 2001, Table of Chapters

Table of contents for Chapter 169A

     169A.20 Driving while impaired.

    Subdivision 1.    Driving while impaired crime.  It is a
crime for any person to drive, operate, or be in physical
control of any motor vehicle within this state or on any
boundary water of this state:
    (1) when the person is under the influence of alcohol;
    (2) when the person is under the influence of a controlled
substance;
    (3) when the person is knowingly under the influence of a
hazardous substance that affects the nervous system, brain, or
muscles of the person so as to substantially impair the person's
ability to drive or operate the motor vehicle;
    (4) when the person is under the influence of a combination
of any two or more of the elements named in clauses (1), (2),
and (3);
    (5) when the person's alcohol concentration at the time, or
as measured within two hours of the time, of driving, operating,
or being in physical control of the motor vehicle is 0.08 or
more;
    (6) when the vehicle is a commercial motor vehicle and the
person's alcohol concentration at the time, or as measured
within two hours of the time, of driving, operating, or being in
physical control of the commercial motor vehicle is 0.04 or
more; or
    (7) when the person's body contains any amount of a
controlled substance listed in schedule I or II other than
marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols.

    Subd. 2.    Refusal to submit to chemical test crime. 
It is a crime for any person to refuse to submit to a chemical
test of the person's blood, breath, or urine under section
169A.51 (chemical tests for intoxication), or 169A.52 (test
refusal or failure; revocation of license).
    Subd. 3.    Sentence.  A person who violates this
section may be sentenced as provided in section 169A.24
(first-degree driving while impaired), 169A.25 (second-degree
driving while impaired), 169A.26 (third-degree driving while
impaired), or 169A.27 (fourth-degree driving while impaired).

169A.24 FIRST-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED

169A.25 SECOND-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED.

169A.26 THIRD-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED.

169A.27 FOURTH-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED.

169A.60 ADMINISTRATIVE IMPOUNDMENT OF PLATES

169A.63 VEHICLE FORFEITURE

609.21 CRIMINAL VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND INJURY.