{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-1163.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-1163.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-1163.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-1163.html"}],"law_id":57969,"edition_id":1,"section_id":57969,"structure_id":14139,"section_number":"46.2-1163","catch_line":"Official inspection stations; safety inspection approval stickers; actions of Superintendent subject to the Administrative Process Act","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 46-318; 1954, c. 57; 1956, c. 381; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7 46.1-318; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 573; 2003, c. 138; 2006, c. 620; 2007, cc. 75, 137; 2009, c. 241; 2017, cc. 322, 332; 2018, c. 333.","full_text":"The Superintendent may designate, furnish instructions to, and supervise official inspection stations for the inspection of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers and for adjusting and correcting equipment enumerated in this chapter in such a manner as to conform to specifications hereinbefore set forth. The Superintendent shall adopt and furnish to such official inspection stations regulations governing the making of inspections required by this chapter. The Superintendent may at any time, after five days&#8217; written notice, revoke the designation of any official inspection station designated by him.\n\t\tIf no defects are discovered or when the equipment has been corrected in accordance with this title, the official inspection station shall issue to the operator or owner of the vehicle, on forms furnished by the Department of State Police, a duplicate of which is retained by such station, a certificate showing the date of correction, registration number of the vehicle, and the official designation of such station. On or before December 1, 2010, any information an official inspection station is required to provide to the Department of State Police shall be accepted by the Department in electronic form. There also shall be placed on the windshield of the vehicle at a place to be designated by the Superintendent an approval sticker furnished by the Department of State Police. If any vehicle is not equipped with a windshield, the approval sticker shall be placed on the vehicle in a location designated by the Superintendent. If the vehicle is a motorcycle, the approval sticker may, at the discretion of the motorcycle owner, be placed on a plate securely fastened to the motorcycle for the purpose of displaying the sticker or affixed to the motorcycle. The Superintendent shall designate the location on which such plate shall be fastened or such sticker shall be affixed to the motorcycle. This sticker shall be displayed on the windshield of such vehicle or at such other designated place upon the vehicle at all times when it is operated or parked on the highways in the Commonwealth and until such time as a new inspection period shall be designated and a new inspection sticker issued. Common carriers, operating under certificate from the State Corporation Commission or the Department of Motor Vehicles, who desire to do so may use with the approval of the Superintendent private inspection stations for the inspection and correction of their equipment.\n\t\tThe Superintendent shall provide motor vehicle safety inspection information upon the written request of an individual or corporate entity or such entity&#8217;s agent. Any information provided shall not include personal information. The Superintendent may make a reasonable charge for furnishing information under this section but no fee shall be charged to any official of the Commonwealth, including court and police officials; officials of counties, cities, or towns; local government self-insurance pools; or the court, police, or licensing officials of other states or of the federal government, provided that the information requested is for official use and such officials do not charge the Commonwealth a fee for the provision of the same or substantially similar information. Vehicle information, including all descriptive vehicle data, submitted to or received from the Department of State Police related to such a request shall not be considered a public record for the purposes of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.). The fees received by the Superintendent pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department of State Police&#8217;s motor vehicle safety inspection program.\n\t\tActions of the Superintendent relating to official inspection stations shall be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.).","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":212317,"text":"The Superintendent may designate, furnish instructions to, and supervise official inspection stations for the inspection of motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers and for adjusting and correcting equipment enumerated in this chapter in such a manner as to conform to specifications hereinbefore set forth. The Superintendent shall adopt and furnish to such official inspection stations regulations governing the making of inspections required by this chapter. The Superintendent may at any time, after five days&#8217; written notice, revoke the designation of any official inspection station designated by him.\n\t\tIf no defects are discovered or when the equipment has been corrected in accordance with this title, the official inspection station shall issue to the operator or owner of the vehicle, on forms furnished by the Department of State Police, a duplicate of which is retained by such station, a certificate showing the date of correction, registration number of the vehicle, and the official designation of such station. On or before December 1, 2010, any information an official inspection station is required to provide to the Department of State Police shall be accepted by the Department in electronic form. There also shall be placed on the windshield of the vehicle at a place to be designated by the Superintendent an approval sticker furnished by the Department of State Police. If any vehicle is not equipped with a windshield, the approval sticker shall be placed on the vehicle in a location designated by the Superintendent. If the vehicle is a motorcycle, the approval sticker may, at the discretion of the motorcycle owner, be placed on a plate securely fastened to the motorcycle for the purpose of displaying the sticker or affixed to the motorcycle. The Superintendent shall designate the location on which such plate shall be fastened or such sticker shall be affixed to the motorcycle. This sticker shall be displayed on the windshield of such vehicle or at such other designated place upon the vehicle at all times when it is operated or parked on the highways in the Commonwealth and until such time as a new inspection period shall be designated and a new inspection sticker issued. Common carriers, operating under certificate from the State Corporation Commission or the Department of Motor Vehicles, who desire to do so may use with the approval of the Superintendent private inspection stations for the inspection and correction of their equipment.\n\t\tThe Superintendent shall provide motor vehicle safety inspection information upon the written request of an individual or corporate entity or such entity&#8217;s agent. Any information provided shall not include personal information. The Superintendent may make a reasonable charge for furnishing information under this section but no fee shall be charged to any official of the Commonwealth, including court and police officials; officials of counties, cities, or towns; local government self-insurance pools; or the court, police, or licensing officials of other states or of the federal government, provided that the information requested is for official use and such officials do not charge the Commonwealth a fee for the provision of the same or substantially similar information. Vehicle information, including all descriptive vehicle data, submitted to or received from the Department of State Police related to such a request shall not be considered a public record for the purposes of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.). The fees received by the Superintendent pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the Department of State Police&#8217;s motor vehicle safety inspection program.\n\t\tActions of the Superintendent relating to official inspection stations shall be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et seq.).","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":14139,"edition_id":1,"name":"Safety Inspections","identifier":"21","label":"article","depth":4,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12828,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:47:00","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:47:00","permalink":{"id":229167,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":14139,"identifier":"21","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12828,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicle and Equipment Safety","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12827,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228599,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12828,"identifier":"10","token":"46.2\/III\/10","url":"\/46.2\/III\/10\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12827,"edition_id":1,"name":"Operation","identifier":"III","label":"subtitle","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12770,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:55","permalink":{"id":228597,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12827,"identifier":"III","token":"46.2\/III","url":"\/46.2\/III\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12770,"edition_id":1,"name":"Motor Vehicles","identifier":"46.2","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:52","permalink":{"id":225289,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12770,"identifier":"46.2","token":"46.2","url":"\/46.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":85494,"structure_id":14139,"section_number":"46.2-1157","catch_line":"Inspection of motor vehicles required","url":"\/46.2-1157\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1157","metadata":false},{"id":85142,"structure_id":14139,"section_number":"46.2-1158","catch_line":"Frequency of inspection; 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It has been modified 11 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1954, chapter 57; in 1956, chapter 381; in 1958, chapter 541; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1996, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?961+ful+CHAP0573\">573<\/a>; in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0138\">138<\/a>; in 2006, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+ful+CHAP0620\">620<\/a>; in 2007, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0075\">75<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0137\">137<\/a>; in 2009, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?091+ful+CHAP0241\">241<\/a>; in 2017, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0322\">322<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0332\">332<\/a>; in 2018, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0333\">333<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62299,"section_number":"46.2-1158.01","catch_line":"Exceptions to motor vehicle inspection requirement","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1158.01\/"},{"id":80818,"section_number":"46.2-1176","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1176\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"},{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229209,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57969,"identifier":"46.2-1163","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1163","url":"\/46.2-1163\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1163\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/21\/46.2-1163","dublin_core":{"Title":"Official inspection stations; safety inspection approval stickers; actions of Superintendent subject to the Administrative Process Act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1163","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> may designate, furnish instructions to, and supervise official inspection stations for the inspection of <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicles<\/span>, <span class=\"dictionary\">trailers<\/span>, and <span class=\"dictionary\">semitrailers<\/span> and for adjusting and correcting equipment enumerated in this chapter in such a manner as to conform to specifications hereinbefore set forth. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> shall adopt and furnish to such official inspection stations regulations governing the making of inspections required by this chapter. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> may at any time, after five days&#8217; written notice, <span class=\"dictionary\">revoke<\/span> the designation of any official inspection station designated by him.\n\t\tIf no defects are discovered or when the equipment has been corrected in accordance with this title, the official inspection station shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> to the <span class=\"dictionary\">operator<\/span> or <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span> of the vehicle, on forms furnished by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police, a duplicate of which is retained by such station, a certificate showing the date of correction, registration number of the vehicle, and the official designation of such station. On or before December 1, 2010, any information an official inspection station is required to provide to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police shall be accepted by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> in electronic form. There also shall be placed on the windshield of the vehicle at a place to be designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> an approval sticker furnished by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police. If any vehicle is not equipped with a windshield, the approval sticker shall be placed on the vehicle in a location designated by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span>. If the vehicle is a <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span>, the approval sticker may, at the discretion of the <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">owner<\/span>, be placed on a plate securely fastened to the <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span> for the purpose of displaying the sticker or affixed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span>. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> shall designate the location on which such plate shall be fastened or such sticker shall be affixed to the <span class=\"dictionary\">motorcycle<\/span>. This sticker shall be displayed on the windshield of such vehicle or at such other designated place upon the vehicle at all times when it is operated or parked on the <span class=\"dictionary\"><span class=\"dictionary\">highways<\/span><\/span> in the Commonwealth and until such time as a new inspection period shall be designated and a new inspection sticker issued. Common carriers, operating under certificate from the State Corporation <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> or the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">Motor Vehicles<\/span>, who desire to do so may use with the approval of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> private inspection stations for the inspection and correction of their equipment.\n\t\tThe <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> shall provide <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> safety inspection information upon the written request of an individual or corporate entity or such entity&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">agent<\/span>. Any information provided shall not include personal information. The <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> may make a reasonable charge for furnishing information under this section but no fee shall be charged to any official of the Commonwealth, including <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> and police officials; officials of counties, cities, or towns; local government self-insurance pools; or the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, police, or licensing officials of other states or of the federal government, provided that the information requested is for official use and such officials do not charge the Commonwealth a fee for the provision of the same or substantially similar information. Vehicle information, including all descriptive vehicle data, submitted to or received from the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police related to such a request shall not be considered a public record for the purposes of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; policy\" href=\"\/2.2-3700\/\">2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.). The fees received by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the expenses of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Department<\/span> of State Police&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">motor vehicle<\/span> safety inspection program.\n\t\tActions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">Superintendent<\/span> relating to official inspection stations shall be governed by the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title; purpose\" href=\"\/2.2-4000\/\">2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.).<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICIAL INSPECTION STATIONS; SAFETY INSPECTION APPROVAL STICKERS; ACTIONS OF\nSUPERINTENDENT SUBJECT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS ACT (\u00a7 46.2-1163)\n\nThe Superintendent may designate, furnish instructions to, and supervise\nofficial inspection stations for the inspection of motor vehicles, trailers, and\nsemitrailers and for adjusting and correcting equipment enumerated in this\nchapter in such a manner as to conform to specifications hereinbefore set forth.\nThe Superintendent shall adopt and furnish to such official inspection stations\nregulations governing the making of inspections required by this chapter. The\nSuperintendent may at any time, after five days&#8217; written notice, revoke\nthe designation of any official inspection station designated by him.\n\t\tIf no defects are discovered or when the equipment has been corrected in\naccordance with this title, the official inspection station shall issue to the\noperator or owner of the vehicle, on forms furnished by the Department of State\nPolice, a duplicate of which is retained by such station, a certificate showing\nthe date of correction, registration number of the vehicle, and the official\ndesignation of such station. On or before December 1, 2010, any information an\nofficial inspection station is required to provide to the Department of State\nPolice shall be accepted by the Department in electronic form. There also shall\nbe placed on the windshield of the vehicle at a place to be designated by the\nSuperintendent an approval sticker furnished by the Department of State Police.\nIf any vehicle is not equipped with a windshield, the approval sticker shall be\nplaced on the vehicle in a location designated by the Superintendent. If the\nvehicle is a motorcycle, the approval sticker may, at the discretion of the\nmotorcycle owner, be placed on a plate securely fastened to the motorcycle for\nthe purpose of displaying the sticker or affixed to the motorcycle. The\nSuperintendent shall designate the location on which such plate shall be\nfastened or such sticker shall be affixed to the motorcycle. This sticker shall\nbe displayed on the windshield of such vehicle or at such other designated place\nupon the vehicle at all times when it is operated or parked on the highways in\nthe Commonwealth and until such time as a new inspection period shall be\ndesignated and a new inspection sticker issued. Common carriers, operating under\ncertificate from the State Corporation Commission or the Department of Motor\nVehicles, who desire to do so may use with the approval of the Superintendent\nprivate inspection stations for the inspection and correction of their\nequipment.\n\t\tThe Superintendent shall provide motor vehicle safety inspection information\nupon the written request of an individual or corporate entity or such\nentity&#8217;s agent. Any information provided shall not include personal\ninformation. The Superintendent may make a reasonable charge for furnishing\ninformation under this section but no fee shall be charged to any official of\nthe Commonwealth, including court and police officials; officials of counties,\ncities, or towns; local government self-insurance pools; or the court, police,\nor licensing officials of other states or of the federal government, provided\nthat the information requested is for official use and such officials do not\ncharge the Commonwealth a fee for the provision of the same or substantially\nsimilar information. Vehicle information, including all descriptive vehicle\ndata, submitted to or received from the Department of State Police related to\nsuch a request shall not be considered a public record for the purposes of the\nVirginia Freedom of Information Act (\u00a7 2.2-3700 et seq.). The fees received by\nthe Superintendent pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state\ntreasury and shall be set aside as a special fund to be used to meet the\nexpenses of the Department of State Police&#8217;s motor vehicle safety\ninspection program.\n\t\tActions of the Superintendent relating to official inspection stations shall\nbe governed by the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000 et\nseq.).\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-318; 1954, c. 57; 1956, c. 381; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7\n46.1-318; 1989, c. 727; 1996, c. 573; 2003, c. 138; 2006, c. 620; 2007, cc. 75,\n137; 2009, c. 241; 2017, cc. 322, 332; 2018, c. 333.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}