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Any such fee shall be paid to the emissions inspection station.\n\t\tEach emissions inspection station performing emissions inspections under subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge for each emissions inspection an amount not to exceed $17. Any such fee shall be paid to and retained by the emissions inspection station.\n\t\tBeginning at such date upon which the program becomes an enhanced emissions program, each emissions inspection station performing emissions inspections under subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge an amount not to exceed $30 for each emissions inspection. Any such fee shall be paid to and retained by the emissions inspection station.\n\t\tWithin 14 days of an initial failure of an emissions inspection performed at an emissions inspection station, the vehicle’s owner shall be entitled to one free reinspection at the station or facility that conducted the original inspection.\n\t\tThe on-road emissions inspector performing emissions inspections under subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge each motor vehicle owner who elects to participate in the on-road clean screen program an amount not to exceed $30 for each emissions inspection. Any such fee shall be paid to the on-road emissions inspector. 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This law was first created in 1980. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 469 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1980 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1982, chapter 646; in 1983, chapter 85; in 1984, chapter 263; in 1988, chapter 806; in 1989, chapter 727; in 1990, chapter 522; in 1993, chapters 995 and 998; in 1995, chapters 836<\/a> and 851<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 322<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 216<\/a> and 824<\/a>; in 2024, chapters 634<\/a> and 676<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":67094,"section_number":"33.2-1530","catch_line":"Highway Maintenance and Operating Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1530\/"},{"id":54705,"section_number":"46.2-1178","catch_line":"Administration and scope of emissions inspection program","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-1178\/"}],"permalink":{"id":229311,"object_type":"law","relational_id":73645,"identifier":"46.2-1182","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/22\/46.2-1182","url":"\/46.2-1182\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-1182\/","token":"46.2\/III\/10\/22\/46.2-1182","dublin_core":{"Title":"Emissions inspection fees; exemption","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-1182","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Emissions inspection stations<\/span> performing emissions inspections under subsection A of \u00a7 46.2-1178<\/a> may charge $11.40 for each emissions inspection, but such charge shall not be mandatory. Any such fee shall be paid to the emissions inspection station<\/span>.\n\t\tEach emissions inspection station<\/span> performing emissions inspections under subsection B of \u00a7 46.2-1178<\/a> may charge for each emissions inspection an amount not to exceed $17. Any such fee shall be paid to and retained by the emissions inspection station<\/span>.\n\t\tBeginning at such date upon which the program becomes an enhanced emissions program, each emissions inspection station<\/span> performing emissions inspections under subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-1178<\/a> may charge an amount not to exceed $30 for each emissions inspection. Any such fee shall be paid to and retained by the emissions inspection station<\/span>.\n\t\tWithin 14 days of an initial failure of an emissions inspection performed at an emissions inspection station<\/span>, the vehicle’s owner<\/span> shall be entitled to one free reinspection at the station or facility that conducted the original inspection.\n\t\tThe on-road emissions inspector<\/span> performing emissions inspections under subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-1178<\/a> may charge each motor vehicle<\/span> owner<\/span> who elects to participate in the on-road clean screen program<\/span> an amount not to exceed $30 for each emissions inspection. Any such fee shall be paid to the on-road emissions inspector<\/span>. From each emissions inspection fee received by the on-road emissions inspector<\/span>, a minimum of $4.50 shall be appropriated to the Highway<\/span> Maintenance and Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEMISSIONS INSPECTION FEES; EXEMPTION (\u00a7 46.2-1182)\n\nEmissions inspection stations performing emissions inspections under subsection\nA of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge $11.40 for each emissions inspection, but such\ncharge shall not be mandatory. Any such fee shall be paid to the emissions\ninspection station.\n\t\tEach emissions inspection station performing emissions inspections under\nsubsection B of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge for each emissions inspection an amount\nnot to exceed $17. Any such fee shall be paid to and retained by the emissions\ninspection station.\n\t\tBeginning at such date upon which the program becomes an enhanced emissions\nprogram, each emissions inspection station performing emissions inspections\nunder subsection C of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge an amount not to exceed $30 for\neach emissions inspection. Any such fee shall be paid to and retained by the\nemissions inspection station.\n\t\tWithin 14 days of an initial failure of an emissions inspection performed at\nan emissions inspection station, the vehicle’s owner shall be entitled to\none free reinspection at the station or facility that conducted the original\ninspection.\n\t\tThe on-road emissions inspector performing emissions inspections under\nsubsection C of \u00a7 46.2-1178 may charge each motor vehicle owner who elects to\nparticipate in the on-road clean screen program an amount not to exceed $30 for\neach emissions inspection. Any such fee shall be paid to the on-road emissions\ninspector. From each emissions inspection fee received by the on-road emissions\ninspector, a minimum of $4.50 shall be appropriated to the Highway Maintenance\nand Operating Fund established pursuant to \u00a7 33.2-1530.\n\nHISTORY: 1980, c. 469, \u00a7 46.1-326.8; 1982, c. 646; 1983, c. 85; 1984, c. 263;\n1988, c. 806; 1989, c. 727; 1990, c. 522; 1993, cc. 995, 998; 1993, Sp. Sess.,\nc. 2; 1995, cc. 836, 851; 2002, c. 322; 2012, cc. 216, 824; 2024, cc. 634, 676.","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}}