1. (a) Certificate issued to every vehicle inspected and approved.

   1. (1) An inspection certificate shall be issued in numerical sequence for every vehicle inspected and approved. It is the responsibility of the certified inspector to personally place the proper number insert on the face of the certificate indicating the month and year of expiration and to affix the certificate in the proper place on the vehicle. Any other certificate, decal, or sticker, such as parking permit or property owner identification, shall be removed if it is in the lower left-hand corner of the windshield where the inspection certificate is to be affixed. The vehicle inspection station owner shall advise the vehicle owner or operator that the department designates this location for the inspection certificate, and that the vehicle owner should obtain a replacement permit or decal and locate it on another place on the vehicle.
   2. (2) The reverse side of the inside windshield-type inspection certificate shall be completed with a laundry marking pen or typewriter giving the information requested, and shall be signed with a laundry marking pen by the certified inspector making the inspection.
   3. (3) Facsimile signatures or initials are not acceptable.
   4. (4) An inspection certificate shall be voided if it is illegible or torn, or if the wrong month or year insert is used. The certified inspector shall write void across the face of the certificate, write the certificate number voided on the inspection station report, and retain the voided inspection certificate until the refund of the other unused certificates is made.

2. (b) Expiration of inspection certificates.

   1. (1) The certificate of inspection shall be valid for one year from the month it was affixed to the vehicle.
   2. (2) The certificate of inspection shall not be valid after the end of the 12th month in which the vehicle was last inspected (24th month for two-year certificates).
   3. (3) Enforcement on expired inspection certificates shall begin after the fifth day following the expiration of the period designated for the inspection or month and year designated on the certificate.
3. (c) Design and color change. The director, with the approval of the commission, shall designate new design and color change of the inspection certificates to be issued for all inspections.
4. (d) Windshield-type inspection certificates. The windshield-type inspection certificates, to be properly valid, shall contain a number insert indicating the month and year of expiration.
5. (e) Motorcycle-trailer inspection certificate. The motorcycle-trailer inspection certificate, to be properly valid, shall have the month (and/or year) of expiration punched out.

Source Note:The provisions of this §23.21 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective December 5, 1977, 2 TexReg 4538; amended to be effective July 5, 1990, 15 TexReg 3641.