CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES REQUIRED (§ 46.2-1157)

A. The owner or operator of any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer
registered in Virginia and operated or parked on a highway within the
Commonwealth shall submit his vehicle to an inspection of its mechanism and
equipment by an official inspection station, designated for that purpose, in
accordance with § 46.2-1158. No owner or operator shall fail to submit a motor
vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer operated or parked on the highways in the
Commonwealth to such inspection or fail or refuse to correct or have corrected
in accordance with the requirements of this title any mechanical defects found
by such inspection to exist.

B. The provisions of this section requiring safety inspections of motor vehicles
shall also apply to vehicles used for firefighting; inspections of firefighting
vehicles shall be conducted pursuant to regulations promulgated by the
Superintendent of State Police, taking into consideration the special purpose of
such vehicles and the conditions under which they operate.

C. Each day during which such motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer is operated
or parked on any highway in the Commonwealth after failure to comply with this
law shall constitute a separate offense.

D. Except as otherwise provided, autocycles shall be inspected as motorcycles
under this article.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-317; 1950, p. 691; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-315; 1962, c.
246; 1978, cc. 275, 605; 1982, c. 646; 1989, c. 727; 1991, cc. 107, 717; 1993,
c. 134; 1995, c. 670; 1997, c. 283; 2004, cc. 267, 796; 2007, cc. 75, 137; 2009,
cc. 115, 514, 756; 2011, c. 283; 2014, cc. 53, 256.