{"jurisdiction": "us-ny", "code": "penal", "section": "60.21", "citation": "Penal Law § 60.21", "heading": "Authorized dispositions; driving while intoxicated or aggravated driving while intoxicated", "text": ["§ 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."], "official_source": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/60.21", "from_official_api": true, "plain_english": "For a conviction under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1192(2), (2-a), or (3), the court may impose authorized imprisonment and **must also impose probation or conditional discharge under § 65.00 and order a functioning ignition-interlock device**. ★ The probation or discharge **runs after the imprisonment and begins immediately upon release**.", "in_force_on": "2026-05-31", "retrieved": "2026-09-27", "url": "https://elyphived.com/us-ny/penal/60.21", "publisher": "Elyphived LLC"}