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Key Elements
Beginning March 1, 2015, stations will no longer issue inspection stickers for a passing inspection. All inspections – pass or fail - will require the issuance of a Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR), which will be presented to the motorist by the inspection station.
Through the last business day of February 2015, passing inspections will result in an inspection sticker issued to the vehicle.
Effective March 1, 2015, the price charged by the station for inspections will change as the station will no longer collect the state’s portion of the fee. There will be no changes to the actual inspection process for any of the classes of vehicles currently requiring an inspection.
Registration / Inspection Scenarios
• Example 1: Inspection expires December, 2014; registration expires March, 2015:
Vehicle must be inspected by Dec. 31, 2014, and the station must affix an inspection sticker to the vehicle with an expiration of December 2015. The station will collect the total inspection fee for the type of inspection being conducted. When the vehicle owner seeks registration renewal in March 2015, DMV or county tax assessor/collector will verify the record of a passing inspection in the DPS inspection database and issue the renewal registration sticker to the vehicle. The owner will only pay the registration fee.
• Example 2: Registration due March 2015; inspection expires April 2015:
When owner seeks registration renewal, DMV or county tax assessor/collector will verify passing inspection in the DPS database and issue the registration sticker to the vehicle.
• Example 3: Inspection expires November 2015; registration expires March 2016:
Following the expiration of the inspection sticker in November, the vehicle may be operated without a valid inspection sticker or VIR (Texas Transportation Code §548.602 repealed effective March 1, 2015). To register the vehicle, the vehicle owner must obtain a passing VIR no more than 90 days in advance of registration expiration.
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