2006 Code of Virginia § 46.2-1163 - Official inspection stations; safety inspection approval stickers; actions of Superintendent subjec...

46.2-1163. Official inspection stations; safety inspection approvalstickers; actions of Superintendent subject to the Administrative Process Act.

The Superintendent may designate, furnish instructions to, and superviseofficial inspection stations for the inspection of motor vehicles, trailers,and semitrailers and for adjusting and correcting equipment enumerated inthis chapter in such a manner as to conform to specifications hereinbeforeset forth. The Superintendent shall adopt and furnish to such officialinspection stations regulations governing the making of inspections requiredby this chapter. The Superintendent may at any time, after five days' writtennotice, revoke the designation of any official inspection station designatedby him.

If no defects are discovered or when the equipment has been corrected inaccordance with this title, the official inspection station shall issue tothe operator or owner of the vehicle, on forms furnished by the Department ofState Police, a duplicate of which is retained by such station, a certificateshowing the date of correction, registration number of the vehicle, and theofficial designation of such station. There also shall be placed on thewindshield of the vehicle at a place to be designated by the Superintendentan approval sticker furnished by the Department of State Police. If anyvehicle is not equipped with a windshield, the approval sticker shall beplaced on the vehicle in a location designated by the Superintendent. If thevehicle is a motorcycle, the approval sticker may be placed on a platesecurely fastened to the motorcycle for the purpose of displaying the stickeror in any other location designated by the Superintendent. This sticker shallbe displayed on the windshield of such vehicle or at such other designatedplace upon the vehicle at all times when it is operated on the highways inthe Commonwealth and until such time as a new inspection period shall bedesignated and a new inspection sticker issued. Common carriers, operatingunder certificate from the State Corporation Commission or the Department ofMotor Vehicles, who desire to do so may use with the approval of theSuperintendent private inspection stations for the inspection and correctionof their equipment.

Actions of the Superintendent relating to official inspection stations shallbe governed by the provisions of the Administrative Process Act ( 2.2-4000et seq.).

(Code 1950, 46-318; 1954, c. 57; 1956, c. 381; 1958, c. 541, 46.1-318;1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 573; 2003, c. 138; 2006, c. 620.)