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 79.4 - Inspection information

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Upon
				  application to the commissioner, the owner of a motor vehicle required to be
				  inspected may request an extension of time to have the inspection made. Such
				  extension of time, not to exceed 10 days, may be granted by the commissioner
				  if, in his discretion, reasonable grounds exist for its issuance. The extension
				  must be affixed to the motor vehicle in the lower left corner of the inside of
				  the windshield or kept with the vehicle registration if the vehicle has no
				  windshield, or is a trailer or motorcycle.
(b) Where a nonresident becomes a resident of
				  this State, a certificate of inspection issued by any other jurisdiction to a
				  motor vehicle owned by him will be accepted in lieu of a certificate of
				  inspection issued in this State. Such a certificate will be valid until the
				  expiration date of the out-of-state certificate, or one year from the date of
				  New York registration, whichever occurs first. Upon expiration of the
				  out-of-state certificate, the motor vehicle must be inspected and bear a
				  certificate of inspection from an official New York inspection
				  station.
(c) A certificate of
				  inspection issued by any other jurisdiction which has a compulsory periodic
				  inspection program to a motor vehicle which is concurrently registered (vehicle
				  registered in more than one jurisdiction) in this State and in the state or
				  province of Canada which issued the certificate of inspection will be accepted
				  in lieu of a certificate of inspection issued in this State. Such a certificate
				  will be valid until the expiration date of the out-of-state certificate,
				  provided the motor vehicle remains registered in such other state or province
				  of Canada. For purposes of this Part, a vehicle with an International
				  Registration Plan registration will be deemed registered in every jurisdiction
				  in which it may legally be operated.
(d) The owner of a motor vehicle that is
				  registered in the NYMA and that is subject to a diesel emissions inspection,
				  whose motor vehicle inspection certificate will expire while outside the NYMA
				  or who purchases a vehicle from outside the NYMA may apply to the commissioner
				  for a temporary certificate of emissions waiver (form VS-1078) prior to
				  receiving an inspection. The temporary certificate of emissions waiver will be
				  valid with a valid New York State safety inspection certificate (form VS-1082)
				  or heavy vehicle safety inspection certificate (form VS-1082HV) for as long as
				  the registered vehicle is outside the NYMA. A diesel-powered motor vehicle that
				  is registered in the NYMA and that is exempt from emissions inspection does not
				  require a temporary waiver, may be inspected at any inspection station licensed
				  to inspect such vehicles, and does not need to be reinspected upon return to
				  the NYMA.
(1) A temporary certificate of
				  emissions waiver that had been issued for a motor vehicle that had been subject
				  to the high enhanced emissions inspection (dynamometer or idle test) shall be
				  valid until the time that the motor vehicle is no longer subject to the high
				  enhanced emissions inspection.
(2)
				  A vehicle subject to the diesel emissions inspection that is presented for
				  inspection with a VS-1078 outside the NYMA must receive the appropriate safety
				  inspection and, when it passes said inspection, shall receive the appropriate
				  safety inspection certificate.
(3)
				  The temporary certificate of emissions waiver will be valid for 10 days after
				  entry into the NYMA by the motor vehicle. Upon re-entry to the NYMA, and prior
				  to the expiration of the 10 days, the subject vehicle must receive the complete
				  appropriate diesel emissions/safety inspection.
(4) All nonexempt 1996 or newer passenger
				  cars and light duty trucks which are nondiesel- and nonelectric-powered,
				  subject to an OBD II inspection and registered in the NYMA, that are inspected
				  outside the NYMA, shall receive a complete safety and OBD II inspection and
				  when such a vehicle passes said inspection, shall receive a safety/emissions
				  inspection certificate (form VS-1082SE). This certificate shall be valid in the
				  NYMA; the vehicle does not require reinspection, and a VS-1078 is not
				  required.