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Statutes > Virginia > Title-46-2 > Chapter-10 > 46-2-1158§ 46.2-1158. Frequency of inspection; scope of inspection.
Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers required to be inspected pursuantto the provisions of § 46.2-1157 shall be reinspected within twelve months ofthe month of the first inspection and at least once every twelve monthsthereafter.
Each inspection shall be a complete inspection. A reinspection of a rejectedvehicle by the same station during the period of validity of the rejectionsticker on such vehicle, however, need only include an inspection of the itemor items previously found defective unless there is found an obvious defectthat would warrant further rejection of the vehicle.
A rejection sticker shall be valid for fifteen calendar days beyond the dayof issuance. A complete inspection shall be performed on any vehicle bearingan expired rejection sticker.
(1977, c. 655, § 46.1-315.2; 1978, cc. 302, 748; 1982, c. 646; 1989, c. 727.)
