New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 20 - ENFORCEMENT SERVICE › Subchapter 7 - VEHICLE INSPECTION › Section 13:20-7.3 - Inspection facilities

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Motor vehicles subject to inspection pursuant to 39:8-1 shall have the inspection performed at an official inspection facility, a licensed private inspection facility, or a State specialty inspection facility, as provided in this section.
(b) Official inspection facilities shall perform initial inspections and reinspections on all vehicles subject to inspection pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:8-1, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Official inspection facilities shall not perform inspections on school buses, buses that are subject to inspection by the Commission's Inspection Services Bus Unit, or motor vehicles with elevated chassis height that are subject to inspection in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:20-37.
(c) Licensed private inspection facilities shall perform initial inspections and re-inspections on all vehicles subject to inspection pursuant to 39:8-1. Licensed private inspection facilities shall not perform inspections on school buses, buses that are subject to inspection by the Commission's Inspection Services Bus Unit, or motor vehicles with elevated chassis height that are subject to inspection in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:20-37.
(d) State specialty inspection facilities shall perform inspections on motor vehicles with elevated chassis height that are subject to inspection in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:20-37, motor vehicles that are operated by disabled persons and that have been modified at the direction of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, so that such vehicles are fully controlled by specially designed mechanical devices for the disabled, reconstructed vehicles as defined at N.J.A.C. 13:20-44.2, salvage motor vehicles that are subject to inspection in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:21-22, passenger vehicle transportation whose owner or lessee opts for inspection at a specialty inspection facility, collector vehicles, any motor vehicle that the Chief Administrator may require to be presented for inspection for auditing or other purposes, any diesel powered motor vehicle as defined at N.J.A.C. 13:20-46.1that has failed roadside inspection for tampering, and any motor vehicle that has failed inspection at an official inspection facility, a licensed private inspection facility, or on-road inspection that is presented for reinspection by the owner or lessee thereof because he or she disputes the inspection failure.
(e) Notwithstanding (d) above, following successful completion of inspection at a State specialty inspection facility, motor vehicles that are operated by disabled persons and that have been modified at the direction of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services, so that such vehicles are fully controlled by specially designed mechanical devices for the disabled, reconstructed vehicles as defined in 13:20-44.2, and salvage motor vehicles that are subject to inspection in accordance with N.J.A.C. 13:21-22 shall thereafter be inspected at an official inspection facility or a licensed private inspection facility.