Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-26 - I/M Program Rules and Regulations › Section 3745-26-12 - Requirements for motor vehicle owners in the enhanced automobile inspection and maintenance program

Current through all regulations passed and
			 filed through July 1, 2024
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(A) Motor vehicles subject to inspection.
(1) Beginning January 1, 1996, the director
			 shall implement and supervise an enhanced vehicle inspection and maintenance
			 program in the counties that are necessary for the state to effectively comply
			 with the Clean Air Act.
(2) Unless
			 otherwise exempt pursuant to division (B)(3) of section
			 3704.14
			 of the Revised Code, each twenty-five year-old or more recent motor vehicle
			 whose owner or lessee resides in a county that is part of a designated program
			 area, and each twenty-five year-old or more recent motor vehicle that is part
			 of a fleet operated in a county that is part of a designated program area, is
			 subject to biennial inspection for the enhanced program.
Unless otherwise exempt pursuant to division (B)(3) of section
				3704.14
				of the Revised Code, each motor vehicle that is owned or leased by the state,
				local government, or any political subdivision whose office is located within a
				county that is part of a designated program area, is subject to inspection in
				odd numbered years and shall report the inspection results to the director by
				December thirty-first of that year.
Pursuant to 40 CFR part 51.356, unless otherwise exempt
				pursuant to division (B)(3) of section
				3704.14
				of the Revised Code, each motor vehicle that is owned or leased by the federal
				government or its employees and is operated on a federal installation within a
				county that is part of a designated program area is subject to inspection.
				Vehicles owned or leased by the federal government will be required to have an
				inspection in odd numbered years and shall report the inspection results to the
				director by December thirty-first of that year.
(a) The county of residence of a motor
			 vehicle owner is determined by the resident's or owner's address provided on
			 the registration issued by the registrar of motor vehicles.
(b) A lessee's county of residence is
			 determined by the resident's address listed on the lease agreement.
(c) Federal installations located in a
			 designated program area shall provide documentation of proof of compliance with
			 test requirements to the director of Ohio EPA. Documentation shall include a
			 list of subject vehicles and be updated biennially.
(3) With the exception of when vehicles are
			 exempt from testing, vehicle owners shall comply with the following test
			 frequency in a designated program area:
(a) A
			 vehicle owner or lessee whose vehicle is an odd number model year is required
			 to present a valid inspection certificate upon vehicle registration in odd
			 numbered calendar years.
(b) A
			 vehicle owner or lessee whose vehicle is an even number model year is required
			 to present a valid inspection certificate upon vehicle registration in even
			 numbered calendar years.
(4) A vehicle owner or lessee may have a
			 vehicle inspected in any county in Ohio where the approved test is being
			 offered.
(5) At the time of vehicle registration or
			 registration renewal, the motor vehicle owner or lessee shall present to the
			 registrar of motor vehicles an inspection compliance certificate, an exemption
			 certificate, extension certificate, or a waiver certificate with an application
			 for vehicle registration as determined under section
			 4503.10
			 of the Revised Code.
(6) With the
			 exception of when vehicles are exempt from testing, vehicles that have been
			 transferred to a new owner or lessee or those issued a thirty-day temporary tag
			 as defined in section
			 4503.182
			 of the Revised Code shall have an emissions inspection performed unless a valid
			 compliance certificate from the previous owner is transferred to the new owner
			 or a duplicate certificate as prescribed in paragraph (D)(10) of this rule is
			 obtained. Repair waivers and all types of exemption and extension certificates
			 are not transferrable.
(7) Foreign
			 imported gray-market vehicles that have been issued documents of exemption from
			 emission requirements by the United States environmental protection agency are
			 not exempt from testing in Ohio.
(8) Vehicles subject to inspection that have
			 been rebuilt or that have had engine exchanges shall meet inspection
			 requirements for the model year of the motor vehicle chassis.
(9) For a kit car or self-assembled car whose
			 engine year can be confirmed by the director or the director's designee, the
			 vehicle will be tested based on the standards for the confirmed engine year. If
			 the engine year cannot be confirmed, the motor vehicle will be tested on the
			 standard for the year the vehicle was titled.
(10) A passing vehicle inspection report
			 issued to a motor vehicle owner or lessee is valid for three hundred sixty-five
			 days from the date of the inspection and can be transferred to a subsequent
			 owner or lessee of that vehicle.
(11) All vehicle inspection reports shall
			 contain the following statement: "This automobile inspection is a result of
			 requirements under the Clean Air Act as enacted by the United States Congress
			 and enforced by U.S. EPA. Any questions or concerns on the need of the testing
			 program can be directed to U.S. EPA at Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel
			 Rios Building, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, 1200 Pensylvania Ave.
			 NW, Washington, D.C. 20460.
www.epa.gov/home/forms/contact-epa
."