IID Employer Exemption

If you’re required to have an Ignition Interlock Device (IID) by the Oregon DMV, there’s an exception that permits you to drive employer-owned vehicles without an IID if: (1) you tell your employer as referenced below; and (2) you have proof you’ve told your employer on you when you drive. Here’s the law as amended by HB 2116 (2013):

ORS 813.606 Exception for employee otherwise required to have device. Notwithstanding ORS 813.604, if a person is required, in the course and scope of the person’s employment, to operate a motor vehicle owned by the person’s employer, the person may operate that vehicle without installation of an ignition interlock device if:

(1) The employer has been notified:

(a) That the employee is operating with a hardship permit restricted as provided in ORS 813.604;

(b) That the employee is operating on a fully reinstated license within the first year following suspension or revocation for the employee’s first conviction of driving while under the influence of intoxicants;

(c) That the employee is operating on a fully reinstated license within the second year following suspension or revocation for the employee’s second or subsequent conviction of driving while under the influence of intoxicants; or

(d) That the employee has driving privileges and is otherwise required to install an ignition interlock device as a condition of a driving while under the influence of intoxicants diversion agreement; and

(2) The employee has proof of the notification and, if applicable, a fully reinstated license in the possession of the employee while operating the employer’s vehicle in the course of employment.

DMV has a form for the IID employer exemption here, DMV Form 6874, here: https://www.oregon.gov/odot/Forms/DMV/6874fill.pdf