Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Division 50 - Missouri State Highway Patrol
Chapter 2 - Motor Vehicle Inspection
Section 11 CSR 50-2.070 - Hours of Operation
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule lists the minimum hours of operation for inspection stations and the obligation of the station operator to inspect vehicles. This rule is necessary to insure that stations will be open and available for inspection purposes.
(1) The normal business hours of every public inspection station shall be at least eight (8) continuous hours per day, five (5) days per week.
(2) Inspection station operators, inspector/ mechanics, or both, are obligated to conduct inspections and reinspections of vehicles during normal business hours. A vehicle shall be inspected within a two (2)-hour period after being presented unless other vehicles are being inspected. A reinspection must begin within one (1) hour when a vehicle is presented during the twenty (20) consecutive-day period excluding Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays allowed by law for reinspections.
*Original authority 1967, amended 1971, 1973, 1979.
