§ 20-183.2. Description of vehicles subject to safety or emissions inspection; definitions.
Part 2. Safety and EmissionsInspections of Certain Vehicles.
§ 20‑183.2. Descriptionof vehicles subject to safety or emissions inspection; definitions.
(a) Safety. A motorvehicle is subject to a safety inspection in accordance with this Part if it meetsall of the following requirements:
(1) It is subject toregistration with the Division under Article 3 of this Chapter.
(2) It is not subject toinspection under 49 C.F.R. Part 396, the federal Motor Carrier SafetyRegulations.
(3) It is not a trailer whosegross weight is less than 4,000 pounds or a house trailer.
(a1) Safety InspectionExceptions. The following vehicles shall not be subject to a safetyinspection pursuant to this Article:
(1) Historic vehicles,as defined in G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(63).
(2) Buses titled to alocal board of education and subject to the school bus inspection requirementsspecified by the State Board of Education and G.S. 115C‑248.
(b) Emissions. Amotor vehicle is subject to an emissions inspection in accordance with this Partif it meets all of the following requirements:
(1) It is subject toregistration with the Division under Article 3 of this Chapter, except formotor vehicles operated on a federal installation as provided in sub‑subdivisione. of subdivision (5) of this subsection.
(2) It is not a trailerwhose gross weight is less than 4,000 pounds, a house trailer, or a motorcycle.
(3) It is a 1996 orlater model.
(4) Repealed by SessionLaws 1999‑328, s. 3.11, effective July 21, 1999.
(5) It meets any of thefollowing descriptions:
a. It is required to beregistered in an emissions county.
b. It is part of afleet that is operated primarily in an emissions county.
c. It is offered forrent in an emissions county.
d. It is a used vehicleoffered for sale by a dealer in an emissions county.
e. It is operated on afederal installation located in an emissions county and it is not a tacticalmilitary vehicle. Vehicles operated on a federal installation include thosethat are owned or leased by employees of the installation and are used tocommute to the installation and those owned or operated by the federal agencythat conducts business at the installation.
f. It is otherwiserequired by 40 C.F.R. Part 51 to be subject to an emissions inspection.
(6) It is not licensedat the farmer rate under G.S. 20‑88(b).
(7) It is not a newmotor vehicle, as defined in G.S. 20‑286(10)a. and has been a used motorvehicle, as defined in G.S. 20‑286(10)b., for 12 months or more. However,a motor vehicle that has been leased or rented, or offered for lease or rent,is subject to an emissions inspection when it either:
a. Has been leased orrented, or offered for lease or rent, for 12 months or more.
b. Is sold to aconsumer‑purchaser.
(8) It is not aprivately owned, nonfleet motor home or house car, as defined in G.S. 20‑4.01(27)d2.,that is built on a single chassis, has a gross vehicle weight of more than10,000 pounds, and is designed primarily for recreational use.
(c) Definitions. Thefollowing definitions apply in this Part:
(1) Electronicinspection authorization. An inspection authorization that is generatedelectronically through the electronic accounting system that creates a uniquenonduplicating authorization number assigned to the vehicle's inspectionreceipt upon successful passage of an inspection. The term "electronicinspection authorization" shall include the term "inspectionsticker" during the transition period to use of electronic inspectionauthorizations.
(2) Emissions county. Acounty listed in G.S. 143‑215.107A(c) or designated by the EnvironmentalManagement Commission pursuant to G.S. 143‑215.107A(d) and certified tothe Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as a county in which the implementation of amotor vehicle emissions inspection program will improve ambient air quality.
(3) Federalinstallation. An installation that is owned by, leased to, or otherwiseregularly used as the place of business of a federal agency. (1965, c. 734, s. 1; 1967,c. 692, s. 1; 1969, c. 179, s. 2; cc. 219, 386; 1973, c. 679, s. 2; 1975, c.683; c. 716, s. 5; 1979, c. 77; 1989, c. 467; 1991, c. 394, s. 1; c. 761, s. 7;1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 754, s. 1; 1995, c. 163, s. 10; 1997‑29, s.12; 1999‑328, s. 3.11; 2000‑134, ss. 7, 7.1, 9, 11; 2001‑504,ss. 4, 5, 6, 10; 2004‑167, s. 10; 2004‑199, s. 59; 2006‑255,s. 1; 2007‑503, s. 2; 2008‑172, s. 1; 2009‑570, s. 33.)