                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHARGES FOR INSPECTION AND REINSPECTION; EXEMPTION (§ 46.2-1167)

A. Each official safety inspection station may charge no more than:

   1. Fifty-one dollars for each inspection of any (i) tractor truck, (ii) truck
   that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or more, or (iii)
   motor vehicle that is used to transport passengers and has a seating capacity
   of more than 15 passengers, including the driver, $0.50 of which shall be
   transmitted to the Department of State Police to support the
   Department&#8217;s costs in administering the motor vehicle safety inspection
   program;

   2. Twelve dollars for each inspection of any motorcycle, $10 of which shall be
   retained by the inspection station and $2 of which shall be transmitted to the
   Department of State Police who shall retain $0.50 to support the
   Department&#8217;s costs in administering the motor vehicle safety inspection
   program and deposit the remaining $1.50 into the Motorcycle Rider Safety
   Training Program Fund created pursuant to &#xA7; 46.2-1191;

   3. Twelve dollars for each inspection of any autocycle, $10 of which shall be
   retained by the inspection station and $2 of which shall be transmitted to the
   Department of State Police to be used to support the Department&#8217;s costs
   in administering the motor vehicle safety inspection program; and

   4. Twenty dollars for each inspection of any other vehicle, $0.70 of which
   shall be transmitted to the Department of State Police to support the
   Department&#8217;s costs in administering the motor vehicle safety inspection
   program.
   				No such charge shall be mandatory, however, and no such charge shall be
   made unless the station has previously contracted therefor.

B. Each official safety inspection station may charge $1 for each reinspection
of a vehicle rejected by the station, as provided in &#xA7; 46.2-1158, if the
vehicle is submitted for reinspection within the validity period of the
rejection sticker. If a rejected vehicle is not submitted to the same station
within the validity period of the rejection sticker or is submitted to another
official safety inspection station, an amount no greater than that permitted
under subsection A may be charged for the inspection.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-320; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-321; 1968, c. 163; 1973, c.
386; 1976, c. 501; 1982, c. 646; 1985, c. 450; 1989, c. 727; 1990, c. 39; 2001,
c. 791; 2002, cc. 322, 337; 2005, c. 628; 2006, c. 620; 2014, cc. 53, 256; 2019,
c. 307.