Vehicle impound — Arizona Permit Test
Vehicle impound on the Arizona permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A vehicle shall be impounded or immobilized when its driver's driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason.
Driving on a suspended license does not just bring a ticket; the car itself is taken off the road.
The person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason.
A vehicle shall be impounded when the driver must use a certified ignition interlock device and is driving without a working one.
The interlock is what stops a driver with a DUI from driving drunk again. Driving around it loses you the car.
The person is subject to an ignition interlock device requirement and is operating a vehicle without a functioning certified ignition interlock device.
A vehicle shall be impounded when the driver has never been issued a valid license or permit and does not provide an out-of-state license.
A person who has never been licensed has never shown they can drive. The car is taken so they cannot keep driving it.
The person has never been issued a valid driver license or permit and the person does not provide an out-of-state driver license.
On the test
What happens to a vehicle whose driver's privilege is suspended or revoked?
It is impounded or immobilized. Driving on a suspended license does not just bring a ticket; the car itself is taken off the road. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.62: “The person’s driving privilege is suspended or revoked for any reason.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, published by the Arizona Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-28.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ.pdf (Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, Revised September 2026, ADOT MVD, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AZ-exam.html (azdot.gov/mvd/services/driver-license-ID/permit-test as served on 2026-09-28; the only source for both exam figures)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, AZ entry -- the folio marker and its basis, the extraction-flag score and its welded compounds, and the record of where the exam shape comes from
- docs/plans/how-to-build-laws.md (the runbook this corpus follows)