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Appendix D
BAC Testing Laws for Fatally Injured Drivers, by State

State	Shall Test	May Test	None
Alabama		22-19-80(d)
Alaska			x
Arizona		28-668(A) (Probable Cause)
Arkansas		5-65-208 (a) (Probable Cause)
California	27491.25
Colorado	42-4-1304 (1)
Connecticut	14-227 (c)
Delaware			x
D.C.			x
Florida			x
Georgia		45.16.46
Hawaii		841-3
Idaho	49-1314 (1)
Illinois	55 ILCS 5/3 -3013
Indiana		IC9-27-5-1 or -4 (Statistical purposes)
Iowa			x
Kansas			x
Kentucky¹		x
Louisiana	32-661 A(2)(b)
Maine			x
Maryland			x
Massachusetts	6-38-4A
Michigan	257.625a(6)(f)
Minnesota	169.09 subd 11
Mississippi		63-11-7 (Reasonable grounds)
Missouri	58.445.2
Montana			x
Nebraska	60-6,102
Nevada	43-484.383(2)
New Hampshire	265.93
New Jersey	26-2B-24 (Statistical purposes)
New Mexico²		24-11-6 (B)
New York	11-17A-674.3(b)
North Carolina			x
North Dakota	39-20-13
Ohio	3-313.13 (B)
Oklahoma			x
Oregon	146.113 (2)
Pennsylvania	75-3749(b)
Rhode Island			x
South Carolina	17-7-80
South Dakota	34-25-22.1
Tennessee		38-7-109(a)
Texas		724.014(b)
Utah	26-1-30(q)
Vermont			x
Virginia			x
Washington	46.52.065
West Virginia	17C-5B-1
Wisconsin	346.71(2)
Wyoming			x
¹Based on Case Law. It is also implied in §189.590; OAG 73-170 & OAG 73-796. ²Given that a death occurred resulting from a motor vehicle collision and a medical examiner performs a blood test for alcohol content of the dead driver, a copy of the result of the test shall be sent to the State Highway Department for statistical purposes.