EXHIBIT 5.1

2400 Chase Square
Rochester, NY 14604

                      OPINION AND CONSENT OF BOYLAN, BROWN,
                           CODE, VIGDOR & WILSON, LLP

                                                                January 19, 2005

IEC Electronics Corp.
105 Norton Street
Newark, NY  14513

      Re:   Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 for the IEC  Electronics  Corp.
            2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have acted as counsel to IEC Electronics Corp., a Delaware  corporation
(the  "Registrant"),  in connection with the Registration  Statement on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") of the Registrant to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange  Commission  (the  "Commission")  on or about January 21, 2005 with
respect  to the  registration  under the under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as
amended (the "Act"), of 1,000,000 shares the Registrant's Common Stock, $.01 par
value per share (the  "Shares"),  issuable from time to time pursuant to the IEC
Electronics Corp. 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

      We have examined,  among other things, the Registration  Statement and the
originals  or  certified  copies  of such  corporate  records,  certificates  of
officers of the Registrant  and/or public officials and such other documents and
have made such other factual and legal investigations as we have deemed relevant
and  necessary  as  the  basis  for  the  opinions  set  forth  below.  In  such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity
of all  documents  submitted  to us as  originals,  the  conformity  to original
documents of all documents  submitted to us as conformed or  photostatic  copies
and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

      The opinion  expressed below is limited to the General  Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States of America,  and
we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law.



      Based upon the  foregoing,  subject to the  assumptions  stated  above and
relying  on the  statements  of fact  contained  in the  documents  that we have
examined,  we are of the opinion that (i) the issuance by the  Registrant of the
Shares  pursuant to the Plan has been duly  authorized  and (ii) when issued and
delivered by the  Registrant in accordance  with the terms of the Plan,  and the
receipt of consideration  therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the
Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

      We hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  as an  exhibit to the
Registration  Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the
Act.

                                                Very truly yours,

                                /s/ Boylan, Brown, Code, Vigdor & Wilson, LLP
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                                             BOYLAN, BROWN, CODE,
                                             VIGDOR & WILSON, LLP