Title 39, Title 39: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION

39:8-13. Charges a. A licensee may charge any owner whose vehicle was adjusted, corrected or repaired by or under the direction of the licensee an amount for certification to be determined by the director. b. A licensee may charge any owner who himself has made the necessary adju…

39:8-14. Self inspections 6. a. The director may license any person who is the owner or lessee of 10 or more motor vehicles to initially inspect, reinspect and certify those vehicles if such person has available to him the equipment, facilities and qualified employees, or other q…

39:8-15. Validity of licenses Every private inspection center license issued on or after May 1 in any year shall be valid through June 30 of the following year. L. 1975, c. 156, s. 7, eff. July 16, 1975. Amended by L. 1986, c. 22, s. 8, eff. June 2, 1986.

39:8-16. Application, renewal of license An application or renewal for a private inspection center license shall be in such form and shall contain such information as the director may prescribe, and shall be accompanied annually by a nonrefundable $25.00 fee, which shall be remit…

39:8-17. Approval sticker The director shall provide each licensee as many numbered private inspection approval stickers as may be required, and may charge the licensee $1.00 for each sticker. There shall be no refund or credit for expired or unused private inspection approval st…

39:8-18. Violations, penalties A person who affixes a private inspection approval sticker to a motor vehicle without having reinspected the specific item for which the vehicle was initially rejected, or without having determined that the condition of the item conforms to standard…

39:8-19. Denial, suspension, revocation of licenses a. The director may deny, suspend or revoke a private inspection center license or refuse renewal thereof for cause, including but not limited to one or more of the following: (1) Violation of any provision of this act or of any…

39:8-2 Inspectors of motor vehicles; rules, regulations. 39:8-2. a. The commission may designate and appoint, subject to existing laws, competent inspectors of motor vehicles to conduct examinations, other than the periodic inspections required pursuant to subsection b. of this s…

39:8-2.1. Uniforms for motor vehicle inspectors The Division of Motor Vehicles in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall provide uniforms for its employees engaged in examining and inspecting motor vehicles at official inspection stations, and shall pay for such uniforms o…

39:8-2.2. Inspection stations; hours open; rules and regulations During the 12 calendar months following the effective date of this act the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles in the State Department of Law and Public Safety shall provide for the keeping open of such of th…

39:8-2.3. Possession of property in advance of compensation In addition to the powers now vested in the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles under section 39:8-2 of the Revised Statutes for the acquisition of property by the power of eminent domain, the Director, upon or af…

39:8-20. Return of records Any licensee who discontinues operation of a private inspection center, or whose license has been suspended or revoked, or whose renewal thereof has been denied, shall forthwith deliver to the director the license, all unused private inspection approval…

39:8-21. Disorderly persons offenses Any person who shall display or cause or permit to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement as a private inspection center when a license has not been issued by the director or is not then in effect, or who shall transfer or attempt to tr…

39:8-22. Personnel, expenditures The director may, subject to existing law, employ such persons and make such expenditures as are necessary to supervise the operation of licensed private inspection centers to insure compliance with the provisions of this act and the regulations a…

39:8-23. Rules and regulations The director may adopt such rules and regulations as may be required or appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1975, c. 156, s. 15, eff. July 16, 1975.

39:8-24. Effective date This act shall take effect immediately. L.1975, c. 156, s. 16, eff. July 16, 1975. Amended by L.1977, c. 270, s. 1, eff. Oct. 20, 1977.

39:8-3 Certificate of approval, issuance; owner's obligation for safety. 39:8-3. a. No certificate of approval shall be issued by an examiner, official inspection facility or private inspection facility until the motor vehicle inspected successfully passes inspections for emissio…

39:8-3.1 Inspection of certain vehicles owned by active duty military. 2. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, a passenger automobile registered in accordance with R.S.39:3-4 or R.S.39:3-27, owned by an active duty member of any branch of the Armed Forces…

39:8-37. Redesignations All reinspection centers licensed pursuant to P.L. 1975, c. 156 (C. 39:8-11 et seq.) shall be redesignated by virtue of this 1986 amendatory and supplementary act as private inspection centers with the authority to make initial motor vehicle inspections, r…

39:8-38. Standards for emission test equipment All licensed private inspection centers shall use emissions test equipment which has been certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. The department shall adopt standards for the certification of the equipment, which sha…

39:8-39. Training courses A licensee or his employee shall not perform initial inspections or reinspections and make repairs for compensation pursuant to this act unless qualified by the completion of training courses prescribed by the division, in cooperation with the Department…

39:8-4. Reinspection 39:8-4. a. If inspections as required by R.S. 39:8-1 disclose the necessity for adjustments, corrections or repairs, the director shall cause a rejection sticker to be issued. b. The director may require the owner of a motor vehicle requiring an adjustment, c…

39:8-4.1. Rules and regulations The director may promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.1975, c. 157, s. 2, eff. July 16, 1975.

39:8-40. Encouragement of participation The director may promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of this act. The director shall also take the appropriate steps necessary …

39:8-41. Short title 1. Sections 1 through 18 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Federal Clean Air Mandate Compliance Act." L.1995,c.112,s.1.

39:8-42. Findings, declarations 2. The Legislature finds and declares that the federal Clean Air Act requires states that have been determined to be in nonattainment for certain ambient air quality standards to take extraordinary measures to reduce air emissions; and that among t…

39:8-43. Definitions 3. As used in chapter 8 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes: "Certificate of Approval" means a document, in a form determined by the director, issued in accordance with guidelines set by the division certifying that a motor vehicle complies with the requireme…

39:8-44. Official inspection facilities, options, contracts, specifications, etc. 4. a. The State Treasurer shall: (1) assign to the State the full responsibility for the design, construction, renovation, equipment, establishment, maintenance, and operation of official inspection…

39:8-44.1 Toll-free customer service telephone number, New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, conspicuous display at official inspection facilities. 1. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission shall ensure the conspicuous display, at all official inspection facilities designated by …

39:8-45 Licensing of private inspection facility, requirements, application fee. 5. a. (1) The chief administrator, after appropriate inquiry and investigation, may license persons to operate private inspection facilities to inspect initially, reinspect and certify all motor vehi…

39:8-46. Inspections, reinspections by private inspection facility, charges 6. a. Whenever a private inspection facility licensee conducts an initial inspection, the private inspection facility shall either reject the vehicle or certify that the vehicle was inspected pursuant to …

39:8-47. Private inspection facility, supplies, record keeping required; penalty 7. a. The director shall provide each private inspection facility with as many certificates of approval and rejection stickers as may be required and may charge the private inspection facility licens…

39:8-48. Fraudulent affixing of certificate of approval, waiver certificate; penalty 8. A person who is employed by or under contract with a private inspection facility and who affixes a certificate of approval or a waiver certificate to a motor vehicle without having properly in…

39:8-49. Denial, suspension, revocation, refusal of renewal of private inspection facility license 9. a. The director may, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), deny, suspend or revoke a private inspection facility license or refuse…

39:8-5 Reports to chief administrator; forms. 39:8-5. a. Every designated inspector, official inspection facility or private inspection facility shall make such reports to the chief administrator concerning inspections made and the results thereof, and in such form and at such ti…

39:8-50. Standards for certification of emission testing equipment 10. A private inspection facility or an official inspection facility shall use emission testing equipment that has been certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. The Department of Environmental Prot…

39:8-51. Expiration of outstanding licenses, return of items to director 11. All licenses issued pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1975, c.156 (C.39:8-11) shall expire and be of no force and effect on or after January 1, 1996, unless extended by the director. All licensed private insp…

39:8-52 Licensing of inspectors, fees. 12. a. A person shall not conduct any inspection required by the chief administrator on a motor vehicle or diesel bus, heavy-duty diesel truck, or any diesel-powered vehicle unless that person is licensed as an inspector by the chief adminis…

39:8-53. Registration, certification program, course of instruction for repair facilities, technicians 13. a. The director shall adopt, after consultation with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, rules and regulations for the registration …

39:8-54 Misrepresentation, transfer of license; penalties. 14. A person who displays or causes or permits to be displayed any sign, mark, or advertisement, or otherwise identifies that person as a private inspection facility, a registered motor vehicle repair facility or an emiss…

39:8-56. Required repairs under a recall 16. The owner or lessee of a motor vehicle that is subject to inspection pursuant to R.S.39:8-1 and that is included in either a "Voluntary Emissions Recall" as defined at 40 C.F.R. s.85.1902(d) or any amendment thereto or in a remedial pl…

39:8-57. Rules, regulations 17. The director shall adopt, after consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions o…

39:8-58. Nonapplicability of act 18. The provisions of P.L.1995, c.112 (C.39:8-41 et al.) shall not apply to violations committed prior to its effective date, and prosecutions and dispositions for such violations shall be governed by the prior law, which is continued in effect fo…

39:8-59. Findings, declarations relative to emissions from diesel-powered vehicles 1. The Legislature finds and declares that exhaust emissions from diesel buses, heavy-duty diesel trucks, and other diesel-powered motor vehicles contribute significantly to air pollution problems …

39:8-6. Display of approval certificate on request During the period designated by the director or any police officer who shall exhibit his badge or other sign of authority may stop any motor vehicle and require the owner or operator to display an official certificate of approval…

39:8-60 Definitions relative to emissions inspections. 2. As used in this act: "Diesel bus" means any diesel-powered autobus or motorbus of any size or configuration, whether registered in this State or elsewhere, that is designed or used for intrastate or interstate transportati…