N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-43.11

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:20-43.11 - Inspection certificates of approval; inspection rejection stickers

(a) An inspection certificate of approval shall be issued for New Jersey registered motor vehicles that meet safety and emission or OBD standards. The inspection certificate of approval issued for motor vehicles shall be affixed in accordance with 13:20-32.2(d) or 33.2(k), whichever is applicable, to the lower left corner of the windshield inside the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle.

(b) An inspection rejection sticker shall be issued by an official inspection facility for New Jersey registered motor vehicles that fail to meet safety and/or emission or OBD standards. The inspection rejection sticker shall be affixed by an official inspection facility in accordance with 13:20-32.2(e) or, if applicable, 13:20-32.2(f), to the lower left corner of the windshield inside the passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. A licensed private inspection facility shall denote that a New Jersey registered motor vehicle has failed to meet safety and/or emission or OBD standards by defacing the inspection certificate of approval or inspection decal affixed to the motor vehicle, if any, in accordance with 13:20-33.2 (l), except as otherwise provided at 13:20-33.2(m). The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle that has failed inspection shall have the necessary repairs made and shall present the motor vehicle for reinspection within the period of time set forth in 13:20-7.5, 7.6(a), or 43.14(g), whichever is applicable.

Amended by R.1999 d.422, effective 12/6/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 2466(a), 31 N.J.R. 4078(a).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2003 d.206, effective 5/19/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 2523(a), 35 N.J.R. 2251(b).
Inserted "or ODB" preceding "standards" throughout.
Amended by R.2009 d.312, effective 10/19/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 1674(a), 41 N.J.R. 3939(b).
In (a), substituted "32.2(d)" for "32.2(e)"; and in (b), substituted "32.2(e)" for "32.2(f)", "32.2(f)" for "32.2(g)", and "inspection decal" for "certificate of waiver".
Amended by R.2014 d.008, effective 1/6/2014.
See: 45 N.J.R. 842(a), 46 N.J.R. 103(c).
In (a), deleted "other than motorcycles" following the second occurrence of "motor vehicles"; and in (b), deleted "other than motorcycles" following "motor vehicles" and "other than a motorcycle" following the second occurrence of "motor vehicle", and inserted a comma following "7.6(a)".