What an ignition interlock costs in Kentucky
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Kentucky does not publish a price, so the honest answer is the national one: NHTSA puts installation at $70 to $90 and monitoring at about $70 a month, roughly $3 to $4 a day. A quote far above that is the provider's, not the state's.
Three charges make up the bill, not one: fitting the device, keeping it on the car, and taking it out at the end. Over a full term the monthly fee is the bulk of it, which is why a cheap installation on a long requirement costs more than a dearer one on a short.
Kentucky publishes no figure, so here is the national one
NHTSA puts installation at $70–$90 and monitoring at about $70 a month, roughly $3–$4 a day. Only 14 jurisdictions publish their own numbers or cap what a provider may charge; Kentucky is not among them, so a quote well above the national range is the provider’s decision rather than the state’s.
What decides the total in Kentucky
The monthly fee matters less than how long you pay it, and that is set by the requirement rather than the provider. In Kentucky a first offense carries suspension drops from 6 months to 4 if you clear 90 consecutive violation-free days on the device; second offense 18 months down to 12 (120 clean days), third 36 to 18, fourth 60 to 30 The programme is run by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which runs the interlock program directly, which is also who decides whether a recorded event extends it.
That is the part worth budgeting for: events add months, and months are what the bill is made of. What counts as a violation → · All Kentucky rules and centers →
What the Kentucky term actually adds up to
Kentucky sets 6 months for a first offense, and that is the multiplier that matters. At the national reference of about $70 a month, the monitoring alone comes to about $420 over the term, before the $70-plus fitting fee and anything charged at removal.
Which is why the monthly rate decides the bill and the installation deal does not: one extra month costs more than the gap between the cheapest and dearest fitting. And the term is a floor — events recorded by the device push it further out.
Who operates in Kentucky, and why it changes the price
6 approved networks run in Kentucky: Intoxalock (87), Smart Start (38), LifeSafer (32), Guardian Interlock (25), ADS Interlock (14), Low Cost Interlock (12). Nothing here caps what any of them may charge, so the quote is the price and two quotes are worth the phone calls.
Where it is fitted in Kentucky
139 certified points in our index. The busiest cities:
Cost questions in Kentucky
How much does an ignition interlock cost in Kentucky?
Kentucky does not publish a price, so the honest answer is the national one: NHTSA puts installation at $70 to $90 and monitoring at about $70 a month, roughly $3 to $4 a day. A quote far above that is the provider's, not the state's.
Does Kentucky cap what a provider can charge?
No. Kentucky does not publish provider prices at all, so the quote is the price. That is the argument for getting two of them: nothing constrains what a provider asks, and in states without a cap the same brand quotes differently in different cities.
What else does Kentucky charge on top of the device?
We have no separate state fee schedule on file for Kentucky. Reinstatement and licensing charges usually sit outside the interlock program itself — check with Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, which runs the interlock program directly before you budget.
Where can I have an interlock fitted in Kentucky?
We index 139 certified installation points across 84 Kentucky cities. Book with a provider the state approves rather than the nearest pin on the map: time on an unapproved device does not count toward the term.