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CHAPTER 29 Session Laws — 1997
A vehicle that is inspected at an inspection station and fails the inspection
is entitled to be reinspected at the same station at any time within 30 days of
the failed inspection without paying another inspection fee."
Section 5. G.S. 20-183.8 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-183.8. Infractions and criminal offenses for violations of inspection
requirements.
(a) Infractions. -- A person who does any of the following commits an
infraction and, if found responsible, is liable for a penalty of up to fifty
dollars ($50.00):
(1) Operates a motor vehicle that is subject to inspection under this
Part on a highway or public vehicular area in the State when the
vehicle has not been inspected in accordance with this Part, as
evidenced by the vehicle's lack of a current inspection sticker or
otherwise.
(2) Allows an inspection sticker to be put on a vehicle owned or
operated by that person, knowing that the vehicle was not inspected
before the sticker was attached or was not inspected properly.
(3) Attaches Puts an inspection sticker to on a vehicle, knowing or
having reasonable grounds to know an inspection of the vehicle
was not performed or was performed improperly. A person who is
cited for a civil penalty under G.S. 20-183. 8B for an emissions
violation involving the inspection of a vehicle may not be charged
with an infraction under this subdivision based on that same
vehicle.
(b) Defenses to Infractions. - Any of the following is a defense to a
violation under subsection (a) of this section:
(1) The vehicle was continuously out of State for at least the 30 days
preceding the date the inspection sticker expired and a current
inspection sticker was obtained within 10 days after the vehicle
came back to the State.
(2) The vehicle displays a dealer license plate or a transporter plate,
the dealer repossessed the vehicle or otherwise acquired the vehicle
within the last 10 days, and the vehicle is being driven from its
place of acquisition to the dealer's place of business or to an
inspection station. ^ The vehicle wat in » slate "f Hirrepair on the date the inspection
cticker fTp'^, th" ""m(>r h™ gin ce repaired the vehicle, the
vehicle is being dawn fr"™ **"• nnmer'r reui rienre or other plare
where the mvner r?r;,-,»H thn irphirle tn in insertion ctation, and
the ormer hap nftt otherwise H "'"-" fhe vehicle since the inspection
sticker expired.
(4) The charged infraction is described in subdivision (a)(1) ot this
section, the vehicle is subject to a safety-only inspection, and the
vehicle owner establishes in court that the vehicle was inspected
after the citation was issued and within 30 days of the expiration
date of the inspection sticker that was on the vehicle when the
citation was issued,
(c) Felony. - A person who forgee an inspection stirkor commits a Bass
I felony does any of the following commits a Class I felony:
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| Full Text | CHAPTER 29 Session Laws — 1997 A vehicle that is inspected at an inspection station and fails the inspection is entitled to be reinspected at the same station at any time within 30 days of the failed inspection without paying another inspection fee." Section 5. G.S. 20-183.8 reads as rewritten: "§ 20-183.8. Infractions and criminal offenses for violations of inspection requirements. (a) Infractions. -- A person who does any of the following commits an infraction and, if found responsible, is liable for a penalty of up to fifty dollars ($50.00): (1) Operates a motor vehicle that is subject to inspection under this Part on a highway or public vehicular area in the State when the vehicle has not been inspected in accordance with this Part, as evidenced by the vehicle's lack of a current inspection sticker or otherwise. (2) Allows an inspection sticker to be put on a vehicle owned or operated by that person, knowing that the vehicle was not inspected before the sticker was attached or was not inspected properly. (3) Attaches Puts an inspection sticker to on a vehicle, knowing or having reasonable grounds to know an inspection of the vehicle was not performed or was performed improperly. A person who is cited for a civil penalty under G.S. 20-183. 8B for an emissions violation involving the inspection of a vehicle may not be charged with an infraction under this subdivision based on that same vehicle. (b) Defenses to Infractions. - Any of the following is a defense to a violation under subsection (a) of this section: (1) The vehicle was continuously out of State for at least the 30 days preceding the date the inspection sticker expired and a current inspection sticker was obtained within 10 days after the vehicle came back to the State. (2) The vehicle displays a dealer license plate or a transporter plate, the dealer repossessed the vehicle or otherwise acquired the vehicle within the last 10 days, and the vehicle is being driven from its place of acquisition to the dealer's place of business or to an inspection station. ^ The vehicle wat in » slate "f Hirrepair on the date the inspection cticker fTp'^, th" ""m(>r h™ gin ce repaired the vehicle, the vehicle is being dawn fr"™ **"• nnmer'r reui rienre or other plare where the mvner r?r;,-,»H thn irphirle tn in insertion ctation, and the ormer hap nftt otherwise H "'"-" fhe vehicle since the inspection sticker expired. (4) The charged infraction is described in subdivision (a)(1) ot this section, the vehicle is subject to a safety-only inspection, and the vehicle owner establishes in court that the vehicle was inspected after the citation was issued and within 30 days of the expiration date of the inspection sticker that was on the vehicle when the citation was issued, (c) Felony. - A person who forgee an inspection stirkor commits a Bass I felony does any of the following commits a Class I felony: 78 |
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