Code of Massachusetts Regulations
540 CMR - REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Title 540 CMR 12.00 - Inspection Of Restored Salvage Motor Vehicles
Section 12.03 - Random Selection Procedure

(1) The Registrar or his designee shall determine the specific selection method or methods to be used by the inspectors to identify the vehicles to undergo the Parts Inspection at a particular inspection facility on a particular day. In making such determination the Registrar may employ any system or combination of systems, whether manual, electronic or computerized, that uses objective and random selection criteria based on one or more vehicle characteristics such as, by way of example only, the presence and placement of particular digits in the V.I.N. The Registrar may change the method of selection from time to time as he deems necessary or desirable, and may designate different selection methods to be used at different inspection facilities.

(2) The Registrar shall provide, by whatever means he deems appropriate, advance instructions to the inspectors of the specific daily selection method to be used at a particular inspection facility.

(3) The inspectors shall make every reasonable effort to maintain as confidential, and prevent the disclosure of the daily selection method to any applicant or any other unauthorized person, prior to the close of business of all inspection stations for the day in question. If an inspector has reason to believe that an unauthorized disclosure of the selection method has occurred, the inspector shall immediately contact the Registry for further instructions.

(4) The inspection facility shall forward to the Registrar a daily record, in a form acceptable to the Registrar, of all vehicles inspected at the facility that day, which shall specifically identify those vehicles selected for the Parts Inspection. The report shall also confirm the random selection method used that day to select those vehicles, consistent with the instructions previously received from the Registrar.