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Texas Transportation Code § 548.255

Reinspection of Vehicle Requiring Adjustment, Correction, or Repair

Inspection of Vehicles · Issuance of Vehicle Inspection Reports; Submission of Information to Department Database

If an inspection discloses the necessity for adjustment, correction, or repair, an inspection station or inspector may not issue a passing vehicle inspection report until the adjustment, correction, or repair is made. The owner of the vehicle may have the adjustment, correction, or repair made by a qualified person of the owner's choice, subject to reinspection. The vehicle shall be reinspected once free of charge within 15 days after the date of the original inspection, not including the date the original inspection is made, at the same inspection station after the adjustment, correction, or repair is made.

Official text of the Texas Transportation Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 19, eff. March 1, 2015.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (H.B. 2305), Sec. 50(1), eff. March 1, 2015.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 42, eff. September 1, 2023.

Transferred, redesignated and amended from Transportation Code, Section 548.053 by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 851 (H.B. 3297), Sec. 14, eff. January 1, 2025.