2016 Maryland Code
Transportation
Title 23 - Vehicle Laws -- Inspection of Used Vehicles and Warnings for Defective Equipment
Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions
§ 23-109. Prohibited activities (Abrogation of amendment effective June 30, 2017.)

THIS SECTION HAS MORE THAN ONE DOCUMENT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES.

(a) Wrongful issuance of inspection certificate. -- An inspection station or any of its employees may not issue an inspection certificate for a vehicle without having inspected its equipment.

(b) Wrongful issuance of repair order certification. -- An inspection station or any of its employees may not issue a repair order certification for any specified equipment without having inspected that equipment.

(c) Wrongful issuance of certificate for vehicles not meeting standards. -- An inspection station or any of its employees may not willfully issue an inspection certificate for a vehicle the equipment of which does not meet or exceed the standards established under this subtitle.

(d) Wrongful issuance of repair order certification for equipment not meeting standards. -- An inspection station or any of its employees may not willfully issue a repair order certification for any specified equipment if that equipment does not meet or exceed the standards established under this subtitle.

(e) "Fictitious" defined. -- In this section, "fictitious" includes an imitation, counterfeit, or altered certificate or certification.

(f) Issuance or use of fictitious inspection certificates or repair order certificates. -- A person may not make, issue, or knowingly use any fictitious inspection certificate or repair order certification.

(g) Attachment of fictitious certificates. -- A person may not attach or cause or permit to be attached to any vehicle an inspection certificate knowing it to be fictitious or issued without the equipment having been inspected for compliance with this subtitle.

(h) Issuance of fictitious repair order certifications. -- A person may not issue or cause or permit to be issued a repair order certification knowing it to be fictitious or issued without the equipment having been inspected for compliance with this subtitle.

(i) Failure to surrender license. -- On suspension or revocation of its license, an inspection station shall surrender to the Division, at its request, the license and all related material issued by the Division.

(j) Alteration of certified equipment. -- A person may not materially alter or change any equipment of a vehicle for which an inspection certificate or a repair order certification has been issued under this subtitle.

(k) Violation of rules or regulations. -- A person may not willfully violate any rule or regulation adopted under this subtitle relating to inspection procedures and inspection station requirements.