Virginia Administrative Code › Title 19 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE › Chapter 70 - MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTION REGULATIONS › Part II - Inspection Requirements › Section 19VAC30-70-25 - Exceptions to motor vehicle inspection requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The following shall be exempt from
				  inspection as required by §
										46.2-1157
				  of the Code of Virginia:
1. Four-wheel
				  vehicles weighing less than 500 pounds and having less than six
				  horsepower;
2. Boat, utility, or
				  travel trailers that are not equipped with brakes;
3. Antique motor vehicles or antique trailers
				  as defined in §
											46.2-100 of the Code
				  of Virginia and licensed pursuant to §
											46.2-730
				  of the Code of Virginia;
4. Any
				  motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer that is outside the Commonwealth at the
				  time its inspection expires when operated by the most direct route to the
				  owner's or operator's place of residence or the owner's legal place of business
				  in the Commonwealth;
5. A truck,
				  tractor truck, trailer, or semitrailer for which the period fixed for
				  inspection has expired while the vehicle was outside the Commonwealth (i) from
				  a point outside the Commonwealth to the place where such vehicle is kept or
				  garaged within the Commonwealth or (ii) to a destination within the
				  Commonwealth where such vehicle will be (a) unloaded within 24 hours of
				  entering the Commonwealth, (b) inspected within such 24-hour period, and (c)
				  operated, after being unloaded, only to an inspection station or to the place
				  where it is kept or garaged within the Commonwealth;
6. New motor vehicles, new trailers, or new
				  semitrailers may be operated upon the highways of Virginia for the purpose of
				  delivery from the place of manufacture to the dealer's or distributor's
				  designated place of business or between places of business if such
				  manufacturer, dealer, or distributor has more than one place of business,
				  without being inspected; dealers or distributors may take delivery and operate
				  upon the highways of Virginia new motor vehicles, new trailers, or new
				  semitrailers from another dealer or distributor provided a motor vehicle,
				  trailer, or semitrailer shall not be considered new if driven upon the highways
				  for any purpose other than the delivery of the vehicle;
7. New motor vehicles, new trailers, or new
				  semitrailers bearing a manufacturer's license may be operated for test purposes
				  by the manufacturer without an inspection;
8. Motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers
				  may be operated for test purposes by a certified inspector without an
				  inspection sticker during the performance of an official inspection;
9. New motor vehicles, new trailers, or new
				  semitrailers may be operated upon the highways of Virginia over the most direct
				  route to a location for installation of a permanent body without being
				  inspected;
10. Motor vehicles,
				  trailers, or semitrailers purchased outside the Commonwealth may be driven to
				  the purchaser's place of residence or the dealer's or distributor's designated
				  place of business without being inspected;
11. Prior to purchase from auto auctions ,
				  motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers operated upon the highways not to
				  exceed a 10-mile radius of such auction by prospective purchasers only for the
				  purpose of road testing and motor vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers purchased
				  from auto auctions operated upon the highways from such auction to (i) an
				  official safety inspection station provided that (a) the inspection station is
				  located between the auto auction and the purchaser's residence or place of
				  business or within a 10-mile radius of such residence or business and (b) the
				  vehicle is taken to the inspection station on the same day the purchaser
				  removes the vehicle from the auto auction or (ii) the purchaser's place of
				  residence or business;
12. Motor
				  vehicles, trailers, or semitrailers, after the expiration of a period fixed for
				  the inspection thereof, may be operated over the most direct route between the
				  place where such vehicle is kept or garaged and an official inspection station
				  for the purpose of having the same inspected pursuant to a prior appointment
				  with such station;
13. Any vehicle
				  for transporting well-drilling machinery and mobile equipment as defined in
				  §
											46.2-700
				  of the Code of Virginia;
14. Motor
				  vehicles being towed in a legal manner as exempted under §
											46.2-1150
				  of the Code of Virginia;
15.
				  Logtrailers as exempted under §
											46.2-1159
				  of the Code of Virginia;
16. Motor
				  vehicles designed or altered and used exclusively for racing or other
				  exhibition purposes as exempted under §
											46.2-1160
				  of the Code of Virginia;
17. Any
				  tow dolly or converter gear as defined in §
											46.2-1119
				  of the Code of Virginia;
18. A new
				  motor vehicle, as defined in §
											46.2-1500 of the Code
				  of Virginia, that has been inspected in accordance with an inspection
				  requirement of the manufacturer or distributor of the new motor vehicle (i.e.,
				  predelivery inspection (PDI)) by an employee who customarily performs such
				  inspection on behalf of a motor vehicle dealer licensed pursuant to §
											46.2-1508
				  of the Code of Virginia shall be deemed to have met the safety inspection
				  requirements of this section without a separate safety inspection by an
				  official inspection station. Such inspection shall be deemed to be the first
				  inspection for the purpose of §
											46.2-1158
				  of the Code of Virginia, and an inspection approval sticker furnished by the
				  Department of State Police at the uniform price paid by all official inspection
				  stations to the Department of State Police for an inspection approval sticker
				  may be affixed to the vehicle as required by §
											46.2-1163
				  of the Code of Virginia.
NOTE: Only an active certified safety inspector may enter
					 the vehicle's information into the Motor Vehicle Inspection Program (MVIP)
					 database and affix the inspection sticker to the vehicle;
19. Mopeds;
20. Low-speed vehicles;
21. Vehicles exempt from registration
				  pursuant to Article 6 (§
											46.2-662
				  et seq.) of Chapter 6 of Title 46.2 of the Code of Virginia; and
22. Military surplus motor vehicles as
				  defined in §
											46.2-100 of the Code
				  of Virginia and licensed pursuant to §
											46.2-730.1
				  of the Code of Virginia.