37 Tex. Admin. Code § 23.52 – Vehicle Inspection Forms

(a) Rejection receipt, Form VI-7, shall be executed in duplicate by the certified inspector when a vehicle fails to conform to the standards of safety. The original shall be given to the driver of the rejected vehicle; duplicates shall be kept in the vehicle inspection station's records.
1. (1) The owner or operator of the vehicle shall pay the inspection fee for each complete inspection conducted on a vehicle.
  1. (A) An inspection certificate shall be issued for the vehicle if it meets all inspection requirements.
  2. (B) If the vehicle fails to meet inspection requirements, the owner or operator of the rejected vehicle may:
    1. (i) have the necessary repairs made on the vehicle by the inspection station;
    2. (ii) pay the required inspection fee, accept a rejection receipt showing all defects for which the vehicle was rejected, and have the vehicle repaired at any place he chooses;
    3. (iii) after required adjustments have been made, return the vehicle to the vehicle inspection station that issued the rejection for one reinspection without charge, provided the vehicle is returned within 15 days of the date of the initial inspection.
  3. (C) If a vehicle inspection station cannot reinspect a vehicle for which it has issued a rejection receipt, it will return the inspection fee to the owner or operator of the vehicle.
2. (2) A rejection receipt issued to a vehicle which does not have a valid current inspection certificate does not entitle such vehicle to legally operate on a public street or highway.
(b) Every vehicle inspection station shall have a signature card, Form VI-13, on file with the department.
1. (1) The owner, or person whose signature appears on the inspection station application, Form VI-2, shall endorse the signature card in the space provided at the bottom of the signature card. Signatures of other designated employees may be affixed to the signature card upon approval by the vehicle inspection station owner or operator.
2. (2) A requisition, Form VI-18, shall be signed by a person who is associated with the business requesting certificates or by the owner or employee with the proper signature as it appears on the signature card on file with the department.
3. (3) The vehicle inspection station owner or operator shall notify the department representative when an employee authorized to sign the requisition, Form VI-18, resigns or otherwise leaves the vehicle inspection station.
(c) Requisition for certificates, Form VI-18.
1. (1) The initial order for certificates is supplied by the department representative when the vehicle inspection station is placed into operation.
2. (2) Any subsequent order for certificates shall be submitted by the vehicle inspection station and directed to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Vehicle Inspection Section, Austin, or those local Texas Department of Public Safety offices which have certificates available.
3. (3) Requisition, Form VI-18, shall be accompanied by a cashier's check or money order made payable to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
4. (4) All information required on the requisition, VI-18, shall be completed. The signature on the requisition shall be a signature that has been authorized on the signature card, VI-13, on file with the department, or the signature of a person who is associated with the business requesting certificates.
5. (5) The original and one copy of the requisition, Form VI-18, shall be submitted by the vehicle inspection station.
(d) Vehicle inspection station reports, Forms VI-8 and VI-8a, shall be executed in duplicate with the original showing all required information on inspections for the previous period. It shall be mailed to Vehicle Inspection Records Bureau in Austin. The duplicate shall be retained by the vehicle inspection station for one year.
(e) Warning notice, Form VI-20, will be issued to the owner or operator of a vehicle inspection station or to the certified inspector at a vehicle inspection station for a violation of the provisions of the Uniform Act or the Rules and Regulations Manual for Official Vehicle Inspection Stations and Certified Inspectors. The warning notice:
1. (1) will be filled out as directed by the department;
2. (2) no penalty will be assessed;
3. (3) will be entered into the vehicle inspection station's record at the department if it is an inspection station warning; and
4. (4) will be entered into the certified inspector's record at the department if it is a certified inspector warning.
(f) Receipt for Texas inspection certificate, Form VI-41, will be issued by the department representative investigating a motor vehicle traffic accident when it is apparent that the vehicle involved is damaged to the extent that repair would be necessary before passing inspection. Reinspection of the vehicle is required within 30 days after receipt is issued.
(g) Out-of-State Verification Forms. The department shall furnish serially numbered identification certificates, to all vehicle inspection stations for the purpose of verifying the vehicle identification number on vehicles coming into Texas from another state or country. Effective September 1, 2001 until August 30, 2008, two separate forms are used:
1. (1) Vehicle Identification Certificate, VI-30, shall be executed in triplicate by the certified inspector when the vehicle is presented for inspection for the purpose of registration in this state and the vehicle is subject to collection of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Fund Fee.
  1. (A) The first copy of the identification certificate will be presented to the driver of the vehicle for use in registering and titling the vehicle. The original of the identification certificate will be forwarded to the department weekly with the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Fund Fee collected, minus the statutorily authorized station administrative cost. The second copy of the inspection certificate will be retained in the certificate book by the inspection station.
  2. (B) Form VI-30 will be obtained from the department by requisition using Form VI-18, signed by a person who is the owner or employee of the inspection station with the proper signature as it appears on the signature card on file with the department. These requisitions shall be submitted by the vehicle inspection station and directed to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Vehicle Inspection Records, Austin, or those local Texas Department of Public Safety offices, which have certificates available. Inspection stations will maintain a sufficiently reasonable number of VI-30 forms on-hand to adequately provide for out-of-state vehicles, however requisitions of VI-30 forms in bulk numbers are not allowed.
  3. (C) The issuance of Form VI-30 by inspection stations will be recorded on the VI-8, VI-8a, and VI-8b.
2. (2) Vehicle Identification Certificate VI-30A, shall be executed in duplicate by the certified inspector when the vehicle is presented for inspection for the purpose of registration in this state and the owner of the vehicle is exempt from the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Fund Fee.
  1. (A) The original of the identification certificate will be presented to the driver of the vehicle for use in registering and titling the vehicle. The copy of the identification certificate will be retained by the inspection station.
  2. (B) Form VI-30A will be obtained from the department by requisition using Form VI-18, signed by a person who is the owner or employee of the inspection station with the proper signature as it appears on the signature card on file with the department. These requisitions shall be submitted by the vehicle inspection station and directed to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Vehicle Inspection Records, Austin, or those local Texas Department of Public Safety offices, which have certificates available. Inspection stations, particularly those on or near military bases, will maintain a sufficiently reasonable number of VI-30A forms on-hand to adequately provide for out-of-state vehicles, however orders of bulk numbers of this form for exempted vehicle owners are not allowed.
  3. (C) The issuance of Form VI-30A by inspection stations will be recorded on the VI-8, VI-8a, and VI-8b.
3. (3) Form VI-30 or Form VI-30A certificates shall be safeguarded in the same manner required to safeguard safety inspection certificates.

Source Note:The provisions of this §23.52 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective December 5, 1977, 2 TexReg 4539; amended to be effective May 23, 1980, 5 TexReg 1795; amended to be effective March 31, 1982, 7 TexReg 1181; amended to be effective June 2, 1986, 11 TexReg 2387; amended to be effective December 20, 1988, 13 TexReg 6034; amended to be effective July 5, 1990, 15 TexReg 3641; amended to be effective November 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 8852.