FOURTH-DEGREE DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED.
Known as the Minnesota Impaired Driving Code
The act spans §§ 169–169 (39 sections).
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case State v. Melde (2006)
Most recently applied in State v. Boecker (April 2017)
2000 c 478 art 1 s 10; 1Sp2001 c 8 art 11 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 9 art 19 s 7; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 2 art 9 s 6; 2009 c 83 art 2 s 15; 2023 c 25 s 86
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Subdivision 1. Degree described.
A person who violates section 169A.20, subdivision 1 (driving while impaired crime), is guilty of fourth-degree driving while impaired.
Subd. 2. Criminal penalty.
Fourth-degree driving while impaired is a misdemeanor.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.