Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) An inspector shall:
(a) Be an individual performing salvage vehicle or assembled motor vehicle or motorcycle inspections in Georgia;
(b) Have and maintain an active I-CAR® Platinum Individual[TM] designation;
(c) Be registered by the Department prior to conducting any salvage or assembled vehicle inspections;
(d) Have and maintain an individual surety bond for $50,000.00;
(e) File and remit all local, state, and federal taxes in a timely manner;
(f) Be a United States Citizen or otherwise lawfully allowed to work in the United States;
(g) Have and maintain a personal liability insurance policy of $1,000,000 in the aggregate and $100,000 per occurrence, unless such inspector is a full time employee of a registered inspection station; and
(h) Present a resume demonstrating two or more years in the motor vehicle collision or rebuilding industry.
(2) An inspector who has been designated an I-CAR® Platinum Individual[TM] shall:
(a) Provide the Department a certified copy of their I-CAR® credentials;
(b) Complete and file the application for Salvage/Assembled Vehicle Inspector Form MV-175 with the Department;
(c) Provide a Certificate of Completion of an approved Used Motor Vehicle Dealer Pre- Licensing Seminar by the Georgia Secretary of State Professional Licensing Board to the Department; and
(d) Remit a registration fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) to the Department.
(3) Upon notification from the Department that the registrant has been accepted, such registrant may conduct salvage or assembled vehicle inspections in the state of Georgia pursuant to O.C.G.A. §§
40-3-3, 40-3-30.1, and 40-3-37 and Regulations in Chapter 560-10-30 et seq.
(a) A Department inspector registration shall be valid from January 1 through December 31 in the year in which the registration was approved by the Department.
(4) Subsequent to the year in which application is made, inspectors shall submit to the Department a certified copy of their I-CAR® transcript showing that the inspectors have maintained their I-CAR® Platinum Individual[TM] designation.
(a) The transcript must be postmarked prior to December 1 in order to be registered for the following calendar year.
(b) Failure to provide the Department with the ICAR® transcript shall result in the expiration of the inspector's registration with the Department for the subsequent calendar year and removal of the inspector's listing on the Department's website.
(c) If the transcript is postmarked after December 1 but prior to January 1, then a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be imposed on the registrant.
(d) If the transcript is postmarked on January 1 or later then, in addition to the one hundred dollar ($100.00) fee in Section (4)(c) of this Regulation, a reinstatement fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be imposed on the registrant.
(5) Registered inspectors shall retain an activity log of the name, address, vehicle identification number (VIN) make, model, and year of all vehicles inspected.
(a) Such activity log shall be kept for three (3) calendar years at the location where the inspection takes place, and upon request such log shall be made available to DOR within three (3) days from the date of such request.
(6) The Commissioner may, with or without cause, refuse to register any individual or business.
O.C.G.A. §§
40-3-3, 40-3-30.1, 40-3-37.
