Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 18, September 16, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides uniform procedures for
the proper use of the MVI-2 form. These procedures are necessary to insure that
correct and complete information is recorded on the form. The completed form is
needed to evaluate inspections conducted at each station and provides a record
of inspections performed. The form is also used as a receipt for vehicle
owners.
(1) The MVI-2 form
will be used as an approval certificate, rejection notice and station record.
It shall be completed and signed by the inspector/mechanic who inspected the
vehicle. This form will be issued to an inspection station by number without
charge and can be used only by the station to which issued. A station owner
shall be accountable for each set. This form shall be used in every instance
when a vehicle is presented for inspection, and no part of the form shall be
filled out until the vehicle has been presented for inspection. All applicable
blanks or spaces on the form shall be completely and accurately filled out in a
legible manner. The inspector/mechanic shall obtain the identification number
from the vehicle and accurately record the number on the MVI-2 form in the
space allotted. If a vehicle does not have an identification number, the
inspector/mechanic shall write the word "None" on the form in the space
provided. A station will issue approval certificates or rejection notices from
one (1) book of MVI-2s at a time, twenty (20) sets to a book, using their
lowest numbered book.
(2) Approval
of Vehicle.
(A) If each item of equipment
required to be inspected meets the inspection requirements, an inspection
sticker or decal will be issued and the inspector/mechanic shall record the
number on the MVI-2 form in the space provided.
(B) The first sheet of the MVI-2 form (white
copy) shall be given to the vehicle owner or operator as an approval
certificate. An approval certificate will not be issued, under any
circumstances, without the issuance of an inspection sticker or
decal.
(C) No inspection sticker
number or decal number shall be recorded on the MVI-2 form until the time a
complete and proper inspection has been made and the vehicle described meets
the minimum inspection standards established by rule; nor shall any signature
of an inspector/mechanic be recorded until the vehicle has been completely and
properly inspected.
(3)
Rejection of Vehicle.
(A) If an item of
equipment or any of its components does not meet the minimum inspection
standards, the vehicle shall be rejected and the item or component shall be
written under "Defective Part" in the space provided. In addition, the proper
code for the defective item shall be determined from the code chart printed on
the inside cover of the MVI-2 form and the code letter shall be recorded in the
space provided. If an item is rejected for which a specific tolerance or
measurement is listed, the measurement shall be recorded on the MVI-2
form.
(B) If a load-carrying ball
joint is rejected because of movement in excess of prescribed tolerances, the
measured movement shall be recorded. It should also be shown whether the
measurement of the rejected ball joint is vertical or horizontal
movement.
(C) The vehicle owner
must be informed that s/he may repair the defective parts him/herself or have
them repaired at any place of his/her choice and s/he shall have the right to
remove the vehicle to a place for needed repairs. The inspector/mechanic shall
sign the MVI-2 form in the space provided.
(D) Before any repairs are made by the
inspection station, the vehicle owner shall be provided with a written estimate
of the total cost of the repairs and the vehicle owner must authorize the
station to make the repairs by signing the repair authorization in the space
provided on the MVI-2 form.
(E) If
the vehicle is removed from the inspection station for needed repairs, the
second sheet of the MVI-2 form (yellow copy) shall be given to the vehicle
owner as a rejection notice. The first sheet (white copy) and the third sheet
(pink copy) will be filed with the station's yellow copies which are filed by
consecutive control number.
(F)
When a vehicle is returned for reinspection after repairs are made, the owner
should present his/her rejection notice (yellow copy). The white and pink
copies of the MVI-2 form having control numbers that correspond with the
owner's rejection notice will be obtained from the station's files. A
reinspection will consist of only those items of equipment or components that
were originally rejected. If the vehicle is approved, an inspection sticker or
decal will be issued. The inspector/mechanic who made the reinspection shall
sign the approval certificate and record his/her inspector/mechanic number and
the number of the inspection sticker or decal in the spaces provided. The
approval certificate (white copy) then shall be given to the vehicle owner. The
yellow copy will be filed by control number.
(G) If the rejected vehicle is returned for a
reinspection within twenty (20) consecutive days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and state holidays, no additional inspection fee can be charged for one (1)
reinspection.
(4)
Inspection Station Record.
(A) The third sheet
of the MVI-2 form (pink copy) will be filed by consecutive issue of sticker or
decal number.
(B) Twenty (20) pink
copies, which are filed by consecutive issue of sticker or decal number, shall
be filed between the front and back cover of the used sticker or decal book
which contained corresponding sticker or decal numbers. These pink copies and
used covers will be kept by the inspection station for twenty-four (24) months
from the date the inspection sticker or decal number was issued, at which time
they may be destroyed.
(C)
Inspection records (yellow and pink copies) shall be given to any member of the
Missouri State Highway Patrol or motor vehicle inspector.
(D) All MVI-2 forms which are voided will be
marked Void. All voided sets will be filed with the station's yellow copies
that are filed by consecutive control number.
(5) If a vehicle owner loses an approval
certificate, the vehicle owner may obtain, within sixty (60) calendar days, a
replacement approval certificate at no charge from the inspection station which
made the original inspection. Information for a replacement approval
certificate will be obtained from the inspection station's records. The words
"Replacement Certificate" will be written across the front. The first sheet
(original) will be given to the vehicle owner. The second copy (yellow) will be
filed by consecutive control number. The third copy (pink) will be filed by
sticker or decal number.
*Original authority: 307.360, RSMo 1967, amended 1971,
1973, 1979, 1999.
