Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 50 - Missouri State Highway Patrol › Chapter 2 - Motor Vehicle Inspection › Section 11 CSR 50-2.090 - Inspection Station Operational Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This amendment updates information related
				  to where motor vehicle inspections are allowed to be performed.
(1) The inspection fee, including the
				issuance of the certificate of inspection, sticker or decal, may be charged for
				each inspection as established by state statute. Every inspection must be a
				complete inspection before a vehicle may be approved or rejected. Once an
				inspection has begun it shall not be terminated until a complete and proper
				inspection has been made. Every item of vehicular equipment that is required to
				be inspected shall be inspected according to prescribed procedures before an
				approval certificate, rejection notice or inspection sticker or decal is
				issued. A proper and complete inspection consists of a physical inspection of
				the vehicle and the immediate completion and issuance of all inspection
				certificates at the time the vehicle is inspected.
(2) All inspections must be conducted at the
				inspection station in the approved inside inspection area, except that large
				commercial vehicles, motor tricycles, and autocycles unable to fit within the
				approved inside inspection area may be inspected in an approved outside
				inspection area during good weather only.
(3) The inspection of a vehicle shall be made
				only by an individual who has a valid inspector/mechanic permit, except a
				person without a valid permit may assist by operating the lights and signaling
				devices.
(4) No person without a
				valid inspector/mechanic permit shall issue an approval certificate, a
				rejection notice, an inspection sticker or decal.
(5) No owner, operator or employee of an
				inspection station shall furnish, loan, give or sell an approval certificate,
				inspection sticker or decal to any person except those entitled to receive
				it.
(6) All current manuals,
				bulletins or other rules issued by the superintendent of the Missouri State
				Highway Patrol must be read and initialed by the station owner or operator and
				each inspector/mechanic, and must be available at all times for ready
				reference.
(7) When an
				inspector/mechanic or a person authorized to purchase inspection stickers or
				decals resigns or is dismissed, the station owner or operator must report these
				changes when contacted by a motor vehicle inspector or a member of the Missouri
				State Highway Patrol.
(8) If the
				highway patrol is asked to settle a difference of opinion between the vehicle
				owner and an inspection station owner or an inspector/mechanic concerning the
				inspection standards and procedures, the decisions of the highway patrol
				concerning inspection standards and procedures will be final.
(9) Up-to-date inspection records shall be
				available during normal business hours for examination by any motor vehicle
				inspector or member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
(10) Inspection stickers, decals, and MVI-2s
(see
				  11 CSR
				  50-2.120 ) will be kept under lock to prevent them
				  from being lost, damaged or stolen. If stickers, decals, or MVI-2s are lost,
				  damaged or stolen, they shall be reported immediately to the Missouri State
				  Highway Patrol.
(11)
				Inspection station operators are permitted to advertise as official inspection
				stations.
*Original authority: 307.360, RSMo 1967, amended 1971,
					 1973, 1979, 1999.