1. (a) Cars, trucks, buses, and school buses. If the motor vehicle is not equipped with a windshield, the certificate shall be completed on the reverse side and given to the operator of the vehicle. The certified inspector shall advise the motor vehicle owner to keep the inspection certificate in his possession for presentation on demand. The inspector shall remove and reverse the face paper and adhere it to the certificate so that the certificate cannot be used again for another vehicle.
2. (b) Duplicate inspection certificates. No duplicate inspection certificates shall be issued. If an inspection certificate is lost, stolen, or mutilated, the vehicle shall be submitted for another inspection procedure.

3. (c) Motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, mopeds and no-peds, and trailer-type vehicles.

   1. (1) Certificates shall be mounted on the individual vehicle inspected and in such a manner as to be visible.

   2. (2) If the certificate is to be affixed on the vehicle:

      1. (A) punch the month and year of expiration, remove the inspection certificate's back paper, and attach the inspection certificate to the vehicle's rear fender near its license plate. Place the inspection certificate in place and apply firmly; or
      2. (B) permanently attach the inspection certificate to the vehicle at any other visible location on the rear near the license plate.
   3. (3) If the inspection certificate is to be affixed to a backing plate, punch the month and year of expiration, remove the inspection certificate's back paper, and attach the inspection certificate to the backing plate which is mounted on the cycle for this purpose. Place the inspection certificate in place and apply firmly.

4. (d) Certificate mounting procedures for trailers, semitrailers, pole trailers, and mobile homes.

   1. (1) If the inspection certificate is to be affixed on the vehicle:

      1. (A) punch the month and year of expiration, remove the inspection certificate's back paper, and attach the inspection certificate face up on a clean metal surface at or near the left front or side of the trailer. Place the inspection certificate in place and apply firmly. On pole trailers, attach the inspection certificate to the left front of rear bolster; or
      2. (B) permanently attach the inspection certificate to the vehicle at any other visible location on the rear near the license plate.
   2. (2) If the inspection certificate is to be affixed on a metal plate or holder, punch the month and year of expiration, remove the inspection certificate's back paper, and attach the inspection certificate face up on the clean metal surface of the plate or holder. The plate or holder should be mounted at or near the left front or side of the trailer. On pole trailers, attach the inspection certificate to the left front or side of the rear bolster. Place the inspection certificate in place on the backing plate and apply firmly.

   3. (3) Other provisions--trailer-type vehicles.

      1. (A) Inspection certificates for trailers may not be affixed to a solid metal pipe or bull plug containers nor to the pulling unit's windshield.
      2. (B) Inspection certificates for house trailers and mobile homes shall be placed on the left front of the vehicle.

Source Note:The provisions of this §23.24 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective March 31, 1982, 7 TexReg 1181; amended to be effective July 5, 1990, 15 TexReg 3641.