New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 15 - Department of Motor Vehicles › Chapter I - REGULATIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER › Subchapter F - BUSINESSES REQUIRING LICENSES › Part 79 - Motor Vehicle Inspection › Section 79.7 - Official inspection station licenses

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Inspections
				  will be made only by official inspection stations currently licensed by the
				  commissioner. Certificates of inspection and inspection rejection notices will
				  be issued only by official inspection stations currently licensed by the
				  commissioner. Before issuing licenses to such stations, the commissioner, after
				  appropriate inquiry and investigation, must be satisfied that the station is
				  properly equipped and has in its employ at least one full-time employee who is
				  an appropriately certified motor vehicle inspector to conduct the type of
				  inspections for which the station is licensed. Before being issued a license to
				  inspect vehicles for the public, a station must be registered with the
				  commissioner as a repair shop.
(b)
				  Each application for a new license to operate an official inspection station
				  must be made on a form prescribed by the commissioner and must be accompanied
				  by an application fee of $25, which is not refundable. If the application is
				  approved, a license will be issued upon payment of an additional fee of $5 for
				  each month or fraction thereof from the date of issuance to its expiration
				  date, but in no event shall the fee for one year exceed $50 or $100 for two
				  years. In the event that an applicant desires to establish inspection
				  facilities at locations which the commissioner considers as separate and
				  different locations, a separate application must be made and a separate fee
				  paid for each location.
(c)
Inspection fees.
(1) An
				  inspection station may charge a fee which may not exceed, but may be less than,
				  the fee set by the following schedule:
VEHICLE GROUPS
INSPECTION FEES
Maximum gross weight (MGW) is the weight of the
								vehicle, as indicated on the vehicle registration certificate. Seating capacity
								is the number of passengers that may be transported in the vehicle, as
								indicated on the vehicle registration certificate. The MGW and the seating
								capacity are used to determine the applicable motor vehicle safety inspection.
								If a motor vehicle that is not registered in this State is presented for
								inspection, it must be inspected as if it were or as it will be registered in
								this State.
GROUP 1
(a) (1) Safety inspection of all motor vehicles that
								have a seating capacity, as indicated on the vehicle registration certificate,
								under 15 passengers, and all motor vehicles, except trailers and motorcycles,
								that have a MGW, as indicated on the vehicle registration certificate, under
								10,001 pounds.
$10
(2) Safety inspection of all motor vehicles, except
								trailers and motorcycles, that have a MGW, as indicated on the vehicle
								registration certificate, over 10,000 pounds and under 18,001 pounds, except
								when the registrant requests a heavy vehicle inspection.
$15
(b) Safety inspection of all trailers, except
								semi-trailers, that have a MGW, as indicated on the vehicle registration
								certificate, under 18,001 pounds, except those trailers that have a MGW, as
								indicated on the vehicle registration certificate, over 10,000 pounds and under
								18,001 pounds, when the registrant requests a heavy vehicle inspection.
$ 6
GROUP 2
(a) (1) Safety inspection of all motor vehicles that
								have a seating capacity, as indicated on the vehicle registration certificate,
								over 14 passengers, all motor vehicles, except trailers, that have a MGW, as
								indicated on the vehicle registration certificate, over 18,000 pounds, those
								motor vehicles, except trailers, that have a MGW, as indicated on the vehicle
								registration certificate, over 10,000 pounds and under 18,001 pounds, when the
								registrant requests a heavy vehicle inspection.
$20
(2) All trailers that have a MGW, as indicated on the
								vehicle registration certificate, over 18,000 pounds, and those trailers that
								have a MGW, as indicated on the vehicle registration certificate, over 10,000
								pounds and under 18,001 pounds, when the registrant requests a heavy vehicle
								inspection.
$12
(b) All semi-trailers.
$12
GROUP 3
Motorcycles
$ 6
Emissions inspection fees (includes low enhanced, OBD
								II and diesel)
OBD II Emissions Inspection (performed at an
								inspection station located within the NYMA)
$27
OBD II Emissions Inspection (performed at an
								inspection station located outside the NYMA)
$11
Low enhanced emissions inspection
$11
Diesel emissions inspection (smoke opacity test)
$25
(2) -(3)
				  [
Reserved
]
(4)
				  Inspection fees are not subject to State and local sales tax. All fees listed
				  include the cost of the inspection certificate.
(5) If a licensed inspection station desires
				  to inspect vehicles in groups other than those for which they are licensed,
				  such station must first notify the commissioner who may approve such change
				  after appropriate inquiry and investigation to determine that the station
				  possesses qualified personnel, proper equipment and sufficient building
				  area.
(6) If a vehicle fails a
				  safety and/or emissions inspection, and is not removed from the station for
				  repair, there shall be no charge for reinspection of the vehicle. A test drive
				  by station personnel for the purposes of diagnosis or verification of repair
				  does not constitute removal from the station.
(7) An official emissions inspection station
				  must perform both the safety and low enhanced emission or OBD II emission
				  portions of an inspection on all vehicles subject to emissions inspection
				  presented to them (except for reinspections).
(i) Vehicles that are subject to the OBD II
				  inspection may receive the safety and OBD II inspection at an official
				  emissions inspection station located outside of the NYMA and do not need a
				  temporary certificate of emissions waiver (form VS-1078). All diesel-powered
				  vehicles subject to diesel emissions inspection (smoke opacity test) with
				  "DEMA" printed on the registration document may receive the safety and diesel
				  emissions inspection at a diesel emissions inspection station located outside
				  of the NYMA (provided the station is licensed to perform the appropriate safety
				  inspection) and do not need a temporary certificate of emissions waiver (form
				  VS-1078). All diesel-powered vehicles subject to diesel emissions inspection
				  (smoke opacity test) with "DEMA" printed on the registration document may
				  receive the safety inspection at an inspection station that is other than a
				  diesel emissions inspection station and geographically located outside of the
				  NYMA (provided the station is licensed to perform the appropriate safety
				  inspection), if a temporary certificate of emissions waiver (form VS-1078) is
				  presented to the station.
(8) An official inspection station outside
				  the NYMA, which is not an official diesel inspection station, may only inspect
				  a vehicle subject to the diesel emissions inspection if the operator of the
				  vehicle presents a valid temporary certificate of emissions waiver (form
				  VS-1078).