§ 399-U — Motor vehicle alarms

§ 399-u. Motor vehicle alarms. 1. On and after the effective date of\nthis section, all devices offered for sale or installed in the state as\nalarms for motor vehicles shall be so equipped and shall function so\nthat the audible portion of the alarm resets and ceases to sound not\nmore than three minutes after it is activated and commences sounding. No\naudible burglar alarm in a motor vehicle shall be capable of being\nactivated except by (a) direct physical contact with that motor vehicle\nor (b) through the use of an individual remote activation device that is\ndesigned to be used with the motor vehicle alarm system of a particular\nvehicle so long as the alarm activated by such device ceases to sound\nwithin not more than three minutes.\n 2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute an\noffense punishable by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for\nthe first offense and not more than two hundred fifty dollars for a\nsecond or subsequent offense.\n