Section 18-600. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

600.1This chapter shall contain rules prescribing standards for inspection of all motor vehicles registered in the District, and the procedure under which approved and rejected vehicles shall be processed.

 

600.2No person shall drive, move, or permit the operation or use of any vehicle which is mechanically unsafe, improperly equipped, or otherwise unfit to be operated.

 

600.3Any police officer or other authorized agent of the District may inspect and test the lights, brakes, steering assembly, tires, equipment horn, emission control equipment, exhaust emissions, or other device required by this title at any time a vehicle is on the public streets or public space.

 

600.4Any police officer or other authorized agent of the District may order the removal of an unsafe or improperly equipped vehicle from any or, if applicable, as set forth in §§ 601.4, 601.5 and 601.6, to one of the official District Inspection Stations for reinspection notwithstanding the fact that the vehicle displays an approved inspection sticker.

 

600.5When notified by the Director, a registrant shall present his or her vehicle for mechanical inspection at a time and place designated by the Director.

 

600.6The Director is authorized, in his or her discretion, to provide for inspection by District personnel at a location other than a District inspection station, of the vehicles in any fleet of five hundred (500) or more motor vehicles registered in the District in the name of one (1) owner, if the owner does the following:

 

(a)Constructs, or otherwise provides for, facilities and equipment for the inspection of the vehicles substantially equivalent, as determined by the Director, to the motor vehicle inspection facilities and equipment operated by the District; and

 

(b)Conforms to a schedule for the inspection of the vehicles agreed upon, orally or in writing, between the owner and the Director.

 

authority

The Vehicle Inspection Improvement Amendment Act of 2009, effective March 3, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-111; 57 DCR 181, 289 (January 8, 2010)).

source

Regulation No. 72-13, effective June 30, 1972, published at 19 DCR 61 (July 24, 1972), which adopted the Special Edition of the D.C. Register entitled “Title 32, Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Regulations for the District of Columbia” into Title 32 of the District of Columbia Rules and Regulations (DCRR); 32 DCRR §§ 4.101, 4.201, 4.202(d), (e), Special Edition; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 41 DCR 4936 (July 22, 1994); as amended by the Vehicle Inspection Improvement Amendment Act of 2009, effective March 3, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-111; 57 DCR 181, 289 (January 8, 2010)).