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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="23-101" title_number="23" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Inspection of Used Vehicles and Warnings for Defective Equipment" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Division” means the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of the Department of State Police.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Equipment” includes all mechanisms that form part of or relate to vehicle equipment.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Facility” means a licensed dealer or a vehicle garage, repair shop, or gasoline service station.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Inspection certificate” means a certification by an inspection station, in a format established by the Division, that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Certifies that, as of its date, a specified vehicle meets or exceeds the standards for equipment established under this title; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Identifies the inspection station and the licensed individual who personally inspected the vehicle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Inspection station” means a facility that is licensed by the Division under this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Police officer” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any uniformed police officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any person listed under § 2–101(c) of the Criminal Procedure Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any civilian employee of the Department of State Police or the Maryland Transportation Authority Police assigned to enforce this subtitle or any regulation adopted under this subtitle, but only while acting under written authorization of the Secretary of State Police.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Repair order certification” means a written certification by an inspection station or police department that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Certifies that, as of its date, the equipment specified in a safety equipment repair order meets or exceeds the standards established under this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is signed and dated:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>On behalf of the inspection station by the licensed individual who personally inspected the vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>On behalf of the police department by the authorized police officer who personally inspected the vehicle.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Vehicle” means, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, any vehicle registered or to be registered in this State as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A Class A (passenger) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A Class M (multipurpose) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A Class J (vanpool) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A Class E (truck) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A Class F (tractor) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A Class G (trailer) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A Class B (for–hire) vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>A Class D (motorcycle) vehicle; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>A Class L (historic) vehicle with a model year of 1986 or later.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For purposes of safety equipment repair orders only, “vehicle” means, except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Vehicle” does not include any Class L (historic) vehicle with a model year of 1985 or earlier, or any trailer which is a mobile home as defined by § 11–134 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
