WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 303

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 23-106
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

23-106.

(a)     This section does not apply to:

(1)     Any transfer of a used vehicle to any licensed dealer or to any foreign
dealer;

(2)     Any transfer between spouses or between a parent and child;

(3)     Any transfer of a used vehicle that is not to be both titled and registered
in this State; or

(4)     Any transfer of a used vehicle among any agencies of the State.

(b)     (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, if any licensed
dealer that also is an inspection station transfers any used vehicle, it shall:

(i) Prepare and attach an inspection certificate to a window of the
vehicle; or

(ii) Have an inspection certificate prepared and attached to a window
of the vehicle by another inspection station.

(2)     Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection, if any
other person transfers a used vehicle, the person shall obtain an inspection certificate
from an inspection station. The inspection certificate shall be issued without charge and
attached to a window of the vehicle.

(3)     If a used vehicle is transferred other than by voluntary transfer OR IS
TRANSFERRED BY A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE AFTER THAT
SUBDIVISION OBTAINS THE VEHICLE BY PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 27, §
297 OF THE CODE, the transferee shall obtain the inspection certificate from an
authorized inspection station. The inspection certificate shall be issued without charge
and attached to a window of the vehicle.

(4)     In the case of a transfer of any used vehicle registered, or to be
registered, as a Class E (truck) exceeding three-fourths ton manufacturer's rated
capacity, Class F (tractor), Class G (freight trailer or semitrailer), or Class G (dump
service semitrailer) vehicle, the transferor or the transferee of the vehicle may obtain the
required inspection certificate.

- 1807 -