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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="23-106" 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>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Any transfer of a used vehicle to any licensed dealer or to any foreign dealer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Any transfer between:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Spouses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A parent and child; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Co–owners of the vehicle to be transferred when a co–owner’s name is being removed from the title;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Any transfer of a used vehicle that is not to be both titled and registered in this State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Any transfer of a used vehicle among any agencies of the State;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Any transfer of a used vehicle as described in § 13–503.2 of this article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Any transfer of a used vehicle into a written inter vivos trust in which the transferor is the primary beneficiary;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>Any transfer of a used island vehicle, as defined in § 13–935 of this article, registered, or to be registered, as a Class K (farm area/island) vehicle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="8">
      <text>Any transfer of an off–highway recreational vehicle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="9">
      <text>Any transfer of a leased vehicle to the lessee at the end of the lease term; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="10">
      <text>Any transfer of a used vehicle from a business entity to the majority owner of the business entity if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The vehicle is primarily driven by the majority owner of the business entity; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The business entity has been dissolved or is in the process of dissolution.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5) of this subsection, if any licensed dealer that also is an inspection station transfers any used vehicle, it shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Prepare an inspection certificate; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Have an inspection certificate prepared by another inspection station.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>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 Title 12 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the transferee shall obtain the inspection certificate from an authorized inspection station.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>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.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>In the case of a transfer of any used vehicle registered or to be registered, that is sold for dismantling or rebuilding purposes, the transferor or the transferee of the vehicle may obtain the required inspection certificate.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
