                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FREQUENCY OF INSPECTION; SCOPE OF INSPECTION (§ 46.2-1158)

Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers required to be inspected pursuant to
the provisions of § 46.2-1157 shall be reinspected within 12 months of the
month of the first inspection and at least once every 12 months thereafter.
		Each inspection shall be a complete inspection. A reinspection of a rejected
vehicle by the same station during the period of validity of the rejection
sticker on such vehicle, however, need only include an inspection of the item or
items previously found defective unless there is found an obvious defect that
would warrant further rejection of the vehicle.
		A rejection sticker shall be valid for 15 calendar days beyond the day of
issuance, during which time the operator of the vehicle shall not be charged for
a violation of vehicle equipment requirements set forth in Article 3 (§
46.2-1010 et seq.) through Article 9 (§ 46.2-1066 et seq.) for such vehicle. A
complete inspection shall be performed on any vehicle bearing an expired
rejection sticker.
		The completion of the conversion process for a converted electric vehicle
shall invalidate any inspection of such vehicle conducted in accordance with
this section prior to the conversion. Following the initial inspection of a
converted electric vehicle, as required under § 46.2-602.3 and the provisions
of this chapter, such vehicle shall be reinspected in accordance with this
section.

HISTORY: 1977, c. 655, § 46.1-315.2; 1978, cc. 302, 748; 1982, c. 646; 1989, c.
727; 2012, c. 177; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.