CHAPTER 9-600. SERVICE BUSINESSES
§9-620. Sale and Installation of Audible Motor Vehicle Alarms. [582]
(1) Prohibited Sale or Installation. No person shall install,
sell or transfer ownership of, or offer to install, sell or transfer ownership
of any audible anti-theft alarm device that can be installed in a motor vehicle
unless that alarm device is of a type;
(a) Capable of, and programmed
to, automatically terminate the sounding of its audible alarm with five (5)
minutes of its being activated, and
(b) Not capable of, nor programmed
to, be sounded without direct physical contact with any motor vehicle on which
it has been or is to be installed.
(2) Prohibited Modification.
No person shall modify or offer to modify an audible anti-theft alarm device
after it has been installed on a motor vehicle, or that is to be installed in a
motor vehicle, so that the alarm device may be sounded without directed physical
contact with the motor vehicle or so that the alarm device will not
automatically terminate its sounding within five (5) minutes of its being
activated.
(3) Penalties. Any person who violates any provision
of this section shall be subject to a fine of not more than three (300) dollars
or imprisonment of not more than thirty (30) days, or both. Each prohibited
installation, sale, transfer or modification, or offer to install, sell,
transfer or modify, shall be deemed a separate violation for which a separate
penalty may be imposed.