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 19VAC30-70-50 - Approval stickers and decals

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				  If the vehicle meets all inspection requirements, the certified safety
				  inspector performing the inspection shall immediately enter the receipt
				  information via the Motor Vehicle Inspection Program (MVIP) system.
The inspection sticker is not valid unless the rear portion
					 is completed with the vehicle make, year built, license plate number (dealer
					 name if a dealer tag is displayed), body type, and the complete vehicle
					 identification number (VIN). The inspection sticker shall be completed using
					 black indelible ink.
B.
				  Approval stickers and decals shall be issued according to the following
				  schedule:
ANNUAL PROGRAM
Vehicles inspected in January are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "1"
Vehicles inspected in February are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "2"
Vehicles inspected in March are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "3"
Vehicles inspected in April are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "4"
Vehicles inspected in May are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "5"
Vehicles inspected in June are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "6"
Vehicles inspected in July are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "7"
Vehicles inspected in August are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "8"
Vehicles inspected in September are issued
								stickers bearing the Number "9"
Vehicles inspected in October are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "10"
Vehicles inspected in November are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "11"
Vehicles inspected in December are issued stickers
								bearing the Number "12"
All issued annual inspection stickers shall expire at the
					 end of the last day of the month displayed on the sticker. For example, a
					 January inspection sticker expires at 12:00:00 a.m. on February 1.
All February annual inspection stickers (i.e., stickers
					 numbered "2") due to expire at midnight, February 28 automatically will be
					 valid through midnight February 29 each leap year.
C. The numeral insert indicating the month of
				  expiration shall be affixed to the box identified as month on the car or truck
				  approval sticker. The numeral insert indicating the month and year of
				  expiration shall be affixed to the box identified as month and year on the
				  trailer or motorcycle sticker.
Extreme care should be used by inspectors when applying
					 inserts. The sticker shall be placed at the bottom left corner of the
					 windshield when viewed from the inside of the vehicle. The left edge of the
					 sticker is to be placed as close as practical, but no closer than one inch to
					 the left edge of the windshield when viewed from the inside of the vehicle. The
					 top edge of the sticker is to be approximately four inches from the bottom of
					 the windshield when viewed from the inside of the vehicle.
NOTE: Minor adjustments to the placement of the safety
					 inspection sticker may be made to avoid the decal being obscured by the
					 windshield's monogram.
NOTE: On passenger vehicles not equipped with a windshield,
					 the sticker shall be placed on or under the dash and protected in some manner
					 from the weather.
EXCEPTIONS: On vehicles equipped with heating and grid
					 elements on the inside of the windshield, the sticker shall be placed one inch
					 above the top of the grid element and the left edge of the sticker shall be
					 approximately one inch to the right of the left edge of the windshield when
					 viewed from the inside of the vehicle.
Any sticker or decal required by the laws of any other
					 state or the District of Columbia and displayed upon the windshield of a
					 vehicle submitted for inspection in the Commonwealth is permitted by the
					 superintendent, provided the vehicle is currently registered in that
					 jurisdiction, and the sticker is displayed in a manner designated by the
					 issuing authority and has not expired. In these cases, if the sticker or decal
					 is located where the inspection sticker is to be placed, it will not be removed
					 unless the owner or operator authorizes its removal. The inspection sticker
					 will be placed 1/4 inch to the right of the sticker or decal when viewed from
					 the inside of the vehicle without removing or overlapping the sticker or
					 decal.
D. The Code of
				  Virginia requires that the inspection sticker be displayed on the windshield or
				  at other designated places at all times. The inspection sticker cannot be
				  transferred from one vehicle to another.
EXCEPTION: If the windshield in a vehicle is replaced, a
					 valid sticker may be removed from the old windshield and placed on the new
					 windshield.
E. The sticker
				  issued to a motorcycle shall be affixed to the left side of the cycle where it
				  will be most visible after mounting. The sticker may be placed on a plate on
				  the left side where it will be most visible and securely fastened to the
				  motorcycle for the purpose of displaying the sticker. The sticker may be placed
				  horizontally or vertically.
F.
				  Trailer stickers will be issued to all trailers and semitrailers required to be
				  inspected. (No boat, utility, or travel trailer that is not equipped with
				  brakes shall be required to be inspected.)
G. All inspected trailers must display a
				  trailer sticker on that particular vehicle. These stickers are to be placed on
				  the left side of the trailer near the front corner. The sticker must be affixed
				  to the trailer body or frame. In those instances where a metal back container
				  with a removable transparent cover has been permanently affixed to the trailer
				  body, the sticker may be glued to it. The container must be permanently mounted
				  in such a manner that the sticker must be destroyed to remove it.
H. In all other cases involving unusually
				  designed trailers such as pole trailers, the safety inspector is to exercise
				  his own good judgment in placing the sticker at a point where it will be as
				  prominent as possible and visible for examination from the left side.
I. Motorcycles have a separate sticker that
				  is orange and issued with the prefix M. Trailers have a separate sticker that
				  is blue and issued with the prefix T. The trailer and motorcycle receipts are
				  completed in the same manner as other inspection receipts.
J. Appointed stations will keep sufficient
				  inspection supplies on hand to meet their needs. Requests for additional
				  supplies shall be ordered via the MVIP system. Requests for supplies that are
				  to be picked up at the Safety Division Headquarters must be made at least 24
				  hours prior to pick up.
Packing slips mailed with inspection supplies will be kept
					 on file at the station for at least 24 months.
K. All unused center inserts used to indicate
				  the month that a sticker expires, in possession of the inspection station at
				  the end of each month, shall be retained by the inspection station, properly
				  safeguarded, and used in the inspection of vehicles for that particular month
				  in the following year or be disposed of as directed by the Department of State
				  Police.
All inspection supplies that are voided, damaged,
					 disfigured or become unserviceable in any manner, will be returned to the
					 Safety Division. New replacement supplies will be issued to the station.
					 Expired stickers will be picked up by the station's supervising trooper.
L. All voided approval or
				  rejection stickers will be picked up by the station's supervising
				  trooper.
M. The MVIP system
				  approval or rejection printed receipt shall be given to the owner or operator
				  of the vehicle. In the event of an MVIP or internet connection failure, manual
				  receipts from the approval and rejection books shall be utilized.
N. All white copies within the approval (car
				  and truck, trailer and motorcycle) and rejection books shall be retained in the
				  books and shall be kept on file at the station for at least six months.
				  Stations shall notate necessary information on the white copy to provide a
				  means of tracking for audit purposes. They may be inspected by any
				  law-enforcement officer during normal business hours.
O. Safety Division troopers may replace
				  inspection stickers that have separated from the windshield of motor vehicles
				  and become lost or damaged without conducting an inspection of the safety
				  components of the vehicle. Such replacement of inspection stickers shall be
				  made only in accordance with the following provisions:
1. A vehicle owner or operator complaining of
				  the loss or damage to the inspection sticker on the windshield of their vehicle
				  due to separation of the sticker from the windshield shall be directed to the
				  nearest Safety Division Area Office or Safety Division trooper.
2. Safety Division troopers, upon receipt of
				  a complaint from a vehicle owner or operator that their inspection sticker has
				  been stolen, lost or become damaged due to separation from the windshield, will
				  make arrangements to meet the person to effect the replacement of the sticker.
				  A vehicle owner or operator alleging theft of the inspection sticker will
				  furnish proof to the Safety Division trooper that such theft has been reported
				  to the proper law-enforcement authority.
3. The vehicle owner or operator must produce
				  the original safety inspection approval sticker receipt indicating a valid
				  approval inspection sticker was issued to the vehicle within the past 11
				  months. (The vehicle must be reinspected if the expiration of the original
				  inspection sticker is in the month the request is being made.)
4. The Safety Division trooper will verify by
				  the inspection receipt that the vehicle was issued an approval inspection
				  sticker within the past 11 months and will then issue a replacement inspection
				  sticker to the vehicle. If any obvious equipment defects are detected during
				  the replacement process, the vehicle will not be issued a replacement approval
				  sticker.
5. The Safety Division
				  trooper will complete the inspection sticker receipt for the approval sticker
				  from information contained on the original receipt. The date the replacement
				  sticker is issued will be used in the date space. In the space for Inspection
				  Related Charges, the trooper will insert the word "REPLACEMENT" and the sticker
				  number from the original inspection receipt.
6. The Safety Division trooper will sign the
				  receipt vertically in the O.K. column in the "Equipment Inspected" blocks.
				  These blocks will not otherwise be completed.
7. The Safety Division trooper shall place
				  month and year inserts on the inspection sticker to reflect the expiration as
				  shown on the original approval inspection sticker and place the inspection
				  sticker on the windshield in accordance with the requirements of subsection C
				  of this section.
8. The Safety
				  Division trooper will enter the replacement information into the MVIP
				  system.