Pennsylvania Code
Title 67 - TRANSPORTATION
Part I - Department of Transportation
Subpart A - Vehicle Code Provisions
Article VII - Vehicle Characteristics
Chapter 175 - VEHICLE EQUIPMENT AND INSPECTION
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 175.8 - Newly-purchased vehicles

(a) Vehicles without valid certificate of inspection. A vehicle which does not display a valid certificate of inspection at the time of sale, resale or entry into this Commonwealth shall be inspected within 10 days of sale, resale or entry into this Commonwealth, whichever occurs later. The inspection shall be coordinated with the staggered registration system regardless of the date of a previous inspection in this or another jurisdiction.

(b) Vehicles with valid certificate of inspection. A vehicle which displays a valid certificate of inspection at the time of sale or resale may be driven until the inspection certificate expires.

(c) Vehicles subject to semiannual inspection and mass transit vehicles. Vehicles subject to semiannual inspection and mass transit vehicles are exempt from the provision of subsection (a) which requires coordination of inspection expiration with the staggered registration system.