Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024
(a) An application for licensing as a Safety
Equipment or Safety Equipment Emissions Inspection Station shall be made on
forms furnished by the Division of Motor Vehicles and filed with the License
and Theft available at
https://connect.ncdot.gov/business/DMV/Pages/Inspection-Stations.aspx.
Form LT-300 requires the following:
(1)
inspection station name, address, county, and telephone number;
(2) type of license required including public
or self-inspection station and the number of vehicles operated by the
business;
(3) type of
station;
(4) type of
business;
(5) if individually owned
business or partnership, applicants shall list name and residence address of
owner or partners;
(6) name of
owner, corporation or partner;
(7)
owner, corporation or partner driver license number and address;
(8) listing of certifiable or certified
technicians with a valid driver license applying;
(9) notification if any member of the
partnership or officer of the corporation has ever had a license under this law
refused, suspended, or revoked;
(10) notification if any member of the
partnership or officer of the corporation has ever been licensed as an
inspection station;
(11) signature
of applicant;
(12) designate an
individual who is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the station;
and
(13) acknowledgement and
signature of notary public.
(b) An applicant for licensing for a Safety
Equipment or Safety Equipment Emissions Inspection Station shall have:
(1) an area used primarily for repair of
motor vehicles;
(2) a minimum of 45
lineal feet of level floor surface at least 10 feet wide when using a light
chart for testing lights, or a minimum of 25 lineal feet of level floor surface
a minimum of 10 feet wide when using a light testing machine. An inspection
station shall not have dirt floors;
(3) an area enclosed to permit an inspection
at all times regardless of weather conditions. Trailers may be inspected
outside of the enclosed area as long as attached to the prime mover;
(4) if a light chart is used to check lights,
there shall be parallel lines at least three feet long painted on the floor
surface 25 feet from the chart; and
(5) licensed inspection stations are not
required to conduct inspections on equipment as required in Rule .0519 of this
Section.
(c) An
applicant for licensing for a Safety Equipment Inspection Station inspecting
only motorcycles shall have:
(1) an area used
primarily for repair of motorcycles;
(2) an area enclosed to permit an inspection
at all times regardless of weather conditions. An inspection station shall not
have dirt floors; and
(3) if a
light chart is used to check lights, there shall be parallel lines at least 3
feet long painted on the floor surface 25 feet from the chart.
Authority
G.S.
20-2;
20-39;
20-183.4;
20-183.4A;
Eff.
October 1, 1994;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2010;
Readopted
Eff. September 1, 2021.
