§ 31-47.1-3 - Inspection requirement. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-47.1-3

   § 31-47.1-3  Inspection requirement. –(a) Each motor vehicle subject to the provisions of this chapter shall besubject to a motor vehicle emissions inspection, conducted no more frequentlythan annually. Different classes of motor vehicles or model years may besubject to different inspection frequencies.

   (b) Motor vehicles subject to this chapter shall bedetermined by regulations, and shall include, but not necessarily be limitedto, all 1975 and later model year light duty vehicles and light duty trucks upto and including eight thousand five hundred pounds (8,500 lbs.) gross vehicleweight rating.

   (c) Any motor vehicle which is inspected and found not tocomply with the standards and criteria for motor vehicle emissions inspectionsmust, within thirty (30) days of the inspection, be re-inspected and found tocomply with the standards and criteria for motor vehicle emissions inspections,or have received a waiver certificate, or not be operated on the highways ofthe state.

   (d) Any certificate issued under this chapter shall always becarried in an easily accessible place in or about the vehicle for which thecertificate was issued.