2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 20-183.4D. Procedure when a vehicle is inspected.

§ 20‑183.4D.  Procedure when a vehicle is inspected.

(a)       Receipt. – When a safety inspection mechanic or an emissions inspection mechanic inspects a vehicle, the mechanic must give the person who brought the vehicle in for inspection an inspection receipt.  The inspection receipt must state the date of the inspection, identify the mechanic performing the inspection, identify the station or self‑inspector where the inspection was performed, and list the components of the inspection performed and indicate for each component whether the vehicle passed or failed.  A vehicle that fails a component of an inspection may be repaired at any repair facility chosen by the owner or operator of the vehicle.

(b)       Sticker. – When a vehicle that is subject to a safety inspection only passes the safety inspection, the safety inspection mechanic who performed the inspection must put an inspection sticker on the windshield of the vehicle at the place designated by the Division. When a vehicle that is subject to both a safety inspection and an emissions inspection passes both inspections or passes the safety inspection and has a waiver for the emissions inspection, the emissions mechanic performing the inspection must put an inspection sticker on the windshield of the vehicle at the place designated by the Division.

(c)       Content of Sticker. – An inspection sticker issued for a vehicle that is subject to a safety inspection only must be a different color from an inspection sticker issued for a vehicle that is subject to both a safety and an emissions inspection. An inspection sticker must indicate when it expires, must be printed with a unique serial number and an official program seal, and must be counterfeit resistant.  The side of an inspection sticker that is readable from the interior of a vehicle must contain the following information:

(1)       The date the inspection was performed.

(2)       The odometer reading when the inspection was performed.

(3)       The signature, initials, or other identification of the mechanic who performed the inspection and put the sticker on the windshield.

(d)       When Sticker Expires. – An inspection sticker put on a vehicle that did not have an inspection sticker issued under this Part when it was brought in for inspection expires at midnight on the last day of the twelfth month after the month the inspection sticker is put on the vehicle. An inspection sticker put on a vehicle that had an inspection sticker that was put on under this Part when it was brought in for inspection expires as follows:

(1)       If the expiration date of the inspection sticker the vehicle had when it was brought in for inspection is less than 12 full months from the date of the inspection, the inspection sticker expires at midnight on the last day of the twelfth month after the month the inspection sticker is put on the vehicle.

(2)       If the expiration date of the inspection sticker the vehicle had when it was brought in for inspection is 12 or more months from the date of the inspection, the inspection sticker expires one year after the expiration date of the inspection sticker the vehicle had when it was brought in for inspection, regardless of whether there are 12 months in this period. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 754, s. 1.)