Virginia § 46.2-1177 - Emissions inspection program
Full text of Virginia Code of Virginia § 46.2-1177 — Emissions inspection program, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.2-1177. Emissions inspection program
The Director shall administer an emissions inspection program. Such program shall require biennial inspections of motor vehicles at official emissions inspection stations in accordance with this article and may require additional inspections of motor vehicles that have been shown by on-road testing to exceed emissions standards established by the Board.
The emissions inspections required in § 46.2-1178 shall not apply to any:
1. Vehicle powered by a clean special fuel as defined in § 46.2-749.3, provided provisions of the federal Clean Air Act permit such exemption for vehicles powered by a clean special fuel;
2. Motorcycle or autocycle, unless such autocycle has been emissions certified with an on-board diagnostic system by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency;
3. Vehicle which, at the time of its manufacture was not designed to meet emissions standards set or approved by the federal government;
4. Antique motor vehicle as defined in § 46.2-100 and licensed pursuant to § 46.2-730;
5. Vehicle for which no testing standards have been adopted by the Board; or
6. Vehicle manufactured for the current model year or any of the three immediately preceding model years unless identified by the remote sensing program as violating the emissions standards established for that program.
1980, c. 469, § 46.1-326.3; 1981, c. 624; 1988, c. 806; 1989, c. 727; 1993, cc. 995, 998; 1993, Sp. Sess., c. 2; 1995, cc. 836, 851; 2006, c. 729; 2015, cc. 95, 161.
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Section 46.2-1177 ("Emissions inspection program") is part of the Code of Virginia, the codified statutory law of Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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