1. A. General Requirements. During each inspection cycle, a vehicle inspected under this chapter shall be issued a certificate that indicates the inspection status of the vehicle for the inspection cycle in a manner prescribed by the Administration.
2. B. Pass Certificate. If a vehicle meets all applicable standards during an inspection, the vehicle is considered to be in compliance for the assigned inspection cycle, and shall be issued a pass certificate which includes a statement certifying that the inspection was performed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

3. C. Fail Certificate. If a vehicle does not meet all applicable standards during an inspection, the vehicle is considered not to be in compliance and shall be issued a fail certificate which includes the following information:

   1. (1) The type of failure and the reason for failure; and
   2. (2) A statement indicating any availability of warranty coverage as provided by the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §7541.

Authority: Environment Article, §§1-101, 1-404, 2-101—2-103, and 2-301—2-303;
Transportation Article, §§12-104(b), 23-202(a), 23-206.2, 23-206.4, and 23-207; Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: August 17, 1981 (8:16 Md. R. 1366)

Regulations .03B, .05—.09, .11—.16 amended effective September 26, 1983 (10:19 Md. R. 1691)

Regulations .03B, .08C, D, .09C, .15, and .16 amended effective December 5, 1983 (10:24 Md. R. 2190)

Regulations .02, .03, .05, .06, .08, .15, and .16 amended as an emergency provision effective January 25, 1989 (16:3 Md. R. 337) (Emergency provisions are temporary and not printed in COMAR)

Regulations .01—.16 repealed effective June 26, 1989 (16:10 Md. R. 1110)

Annotation: COMAR 11.14.06 cited in Attorney General Opinion No. 83-042 (September 28, 1983)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 11.14.06 to COMAR 11.14.08 and Regulations .01—.21 adopted effective June 26, 1989 (16:10 Md. R. 1110)

Regulation .10B amended effective July 1, 1990 (17:10 Md. R. 1220)

Regulation .16E amended effective January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2753)

Regulation .18C amended effective January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2753)

Regulations .01—.21 repealed and new Regulations .01—.42 adopted effective January 2, 1995 (21:26 Md. R. 2189)

Regulation .03B amended and C adopted effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .05B amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .06D amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .09 amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .09-1 adopted effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .10B, C amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .11-1 adopted effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .12 amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .29A amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .30D amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .32 amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Regulation .42 amended effective December 16, 1996 (23:25 Md. R. 1785)

Chapter revised effective October 19, 1998 (25:21 Md. R. 1574)

Regulation .03E adopted effective June 10, 2002 (29:11 Md. R. 889)

Regulation .06A amended effective June 10, 2002 (29:11 Md. R. 889)

Regulation .09F amended effective June 10, 2002 (29:11 Md. R. 889)

Regulation .12C amended effective June 10, 2002 (29:11 Md. R. 889)

Regulation .16D amended effective June 10, 2002 (29:11 Md. R. 889)

Chapter revised effective December 14, 2009 (36:25 Md. R. 1955)

Regulation .01B amended effective January 1, 2018 (44:25 Md. R. 1180)

Regulation .03B amended effective January 1, 2018 (44:25 Md. R. 1180)

Regulation .04B amended effective January 1, 2018 (44:25 Md. R. 1180)

Regulation .05B amended effective January 1, 2018 (44:25 Md. R. 1180)

Regulation .09A amended effective January 1, 2018 (44:25 Md. R. 1180)

Chapter revised effective January 23, 2023 (50:1 Md. R. 8)