Section 14-164c-3a - Miscellaneous inspection procedures(a) New vehicles at the time of initial registration may be issued a new vehicle sticker which shall have an expiration date not to exceed five (5) years from the month of issuance of the first permanent registration for such motor vehicle. Such expiration date shall serve as the time for the periodic emissions inspection for such vehicle on or before the date of expiration of the new vehicle sticker.(b) Any new or used car dealer or repairer or motor vehicle recycler licensed in this state may be issued a temporary compliance sticker which shall be used only for the purpose of transporting the motor vehicle displaying such sticker to a repair facility or to an official emissions inspection station. Any holder of a transporter's registration issued pursuant to section 14-35 of the Connecticut General Statutes may be issued a temporary compliance sticker for the purpose of transporting a motor vehicle as provided in said section 14-35. A temporary compliance sticker shall have a validity period not to exceed thirty (30) days and both the effective date and the date of expiration shall be noted on such sticker by the dealer, recycler, repairer or transporter to whom such sticker was issued. The temporary compliance sticker shall be affixed to the vehicle as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-164c-7 a. Each dealer, recycler, repairer or transporter shall submit a listing of motor vehicles for which temporary compliance stickers have been issued at times as required by the commissioner. Such listing shall be on a form furnished by the commissioner. A temporary compliance sticker may be used only by the dealer, recycler, repairer or transporter to whom it was issued and may not be sold or otherwise transferred to another dealer, recycler, repairer, transporter or person.(c) Any new car dealer may be issued a demonstrator sticker, which shall be affixed by the new car dealer as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-164c-7a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies only to a new motor vehicle bearing a new car dealer plate and only for the purpose of demonstrating the vehicle. The effective date shall be entered by the dealer on the demonstrator sticker when the sticker is initially affixed to the vehicle, and the sticker shall be valid for six (6) months from its effective date, or until the vehicle is registered, whichever is the lesser time(d) Each non-exempt, used motor vehicle sold or transferred to a customer by a licensed new or used car dealer shall be in compliance with the periodic motor vehicle emissions inspection and maintenance requirements at the time of sale or transfer, as evidenced by the vehicle inspection report.(e) For stickers which are applied to the vehicle windshield in accordance with subsection (b) of section 14-164c-7 a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any glass dealer or repair shop may be issued a temporary replacement windshield sticker which shall be affixed by the dealer or shop to a replacement motor vehicle windshield. The effective date shall be entered by the dealer or shop on the temporary replacement windshield sticker, and the sticker shall be valid for ten (10) days from its effective date. The procedure for obtaining a permanent replacement windshield sticker shall be as follows:(1) The glass dealer or repair shop shall remove the original sticker from the replaced windshield, attach the original sticker on a form provided by the commissioner, fill out and sign the form and give the completed form and the original sticker to the motor vehicle owner or operator; and(2) A permanent replacement windshield sticker of the same type and for the same time fixed by the original sticker may be issued and affixed to the replacement windshield as provided in subsection (b) of section 14-164c-7 a of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies by the Department of Motor Vehicles upon presentation by the vehicle owner or operator of the completed form with the original sticker attached, the vehicle registration certificate, the most current vehicle inspection report [for the vehicle] and the subject vehicle.(f) Any motor vehicle displaying a valid sticker as provided in subsections (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this section shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of subsection (d) of section 14-164c of the Connecticut General Statutes, and may be operated on the highways of this state. Operation of any motor vehicle not in compliance with the requirements of this section shall be an infraction as defined in subsection (n) of section 14-164c of the Connecticut General Statues.(g) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any motor vehicle subject to emissions inspection is also subject to on-road testing, as provided in subsection (j) of section 14-164c of the Connecticut General Statutes.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 14-164c-3a
Effective January 1, 1995; Amended May 28, 2004