DUI State Law · Maine
Maine Roadside Saliva (Oral Fluid) DUI Testing Law
How Maine treats oral fluid (saliva) testing in DUI enforcement — the statute, its current status, and what that means for agencies running roadside drug screening.
Status: No Oral Fluid Provision
Statute and status in Maine
Statute / authority: 29-A MRSA § 2521 — No oral fluid provision
One of three states with no oral fluid provision per Responsibility.org. Implied consent covers breath and blood only.
What this means for agencies in Maine
Maine has no oral fluid provision in its implied consent statute. Agencies here cannot rely on saliva as an evidentiary specimen. Screening may still inform an investigation where department policy permits, with blood as the evidentiary test.
Every state at a glance
The same dataset behind the DUI map, one page per state.
- Alabama — Verified
- Alaska — Authorized
- Arizona — Authorized
- Arkansas — Authorized
- California — Authorized
- Colorado — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Connecticut — Authorized
- Delaware — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Florida — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Georgia — Authorized
- Hawaii — No Oral Fluid Provision
- Idaho — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Illinois — Authorized
- Indiana — Verified
- Iowa — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Kansas — Authorized
- Kentucky — Authorized
- Louisiana — Authorized
- Maine — No Oral Fluid Provision
- Maryland — Authorized
- Massachusetts — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Michigan — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Minnesota — Verified
- Mississippi — Authorized
- Missouri — Verified
- Montana — Verified
- Nebraska — Authorized
- Nevada — Authorized
- New Hampshire — Limited / Voluntary Only
- New Jersey — Limited / Voluntary Only
- New Mexico — Limited / Voluntary Only
- New York — Authorized
- North Carolina — Limited / Voluntary Only
- North Dakota — Authorized
- Ohio — Verified
- Oklahoma — Verified
- Oregon — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Pennsylvania — Authorized
- Rhode Island — Limited / Voluntary Only
- South Carolina — Limited / Voluntary Only
- South Dakota — Authorized
- Tennessee — Verified
- Texas — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Utah — Verified
- Vermont — No Oral Fluid Provision
- Virginia — Authorized
- Washington — Limited / Voluntary Only
- West Virginia — Limited / Voluntary Only
- Wisconsin — Authorized
- Wyoming — Authorized