# COMAR Title 29 — Department of State Police

## Subtitle 02 — Motor Vehicles

### Chapter 01 — Vehicle Inspection

#### Regulation .08 Defects.

*COMAR 29.02.01.08*

A. Defects:

  (1) 55—Headlights;

  (2) 56—Taillights;

  (3) 64—Stoplights;

  (4) 65—Tag light(s);

  (5) 78—Hazard warning lamps;

  (6) 79—Parking lamps;

  (7) 80—Side marker lamps;

  (8) 82—Emergency warning lamp;

  (9) 83—Back-up lamps;

  (10) 87—Clearance lamps;

  (11) 88—Identification lamps.

B. Lamps shall be of an approved type and inspected for:

  (1) Proper function;

  (2) Aiming—except headlights;

  (3) Mounting;

  (4) Cracked or broken lenses.

C. Do not certify if:

  (1) Vehicle is not equipped with minimum lamps required by State law (see Regulation .22, Diagrams 1—6);

  (2) Any bulb in a lamp required to be inspected fails to function properly;

  (3) There are improperly connected circuits;

  (4) A lens is incorrectly installed;

  (5) A lens is cracked, broken, or damaged to the point that any portion of the lens is missing or cracked to a degree that a light contrary to law is exhibited (white light to the rear);

  (6) A lens marked left or right is not properly installed;

  (7) A lens is rotated, upside down or wrong side out;

  (8) Any lens does not correspond with the name stamped on the light body unless it is an approved type;

  (9) A lens is obscured or shielded by a nontransparent material or headlamp equipped with after-market clear, tinted, or screen-type cover;

  (10) Any lamp is not securely attached to the vehicle;

  (11) Any lamp is emitting a color contrary to the provisions of the Transportation Article, Annotated Code of Maryland (taillights shall be red, stoplights shall be red or amber, tag lights shall be white);

  (12) Any lamp or lens is turned so that its light is not properly directed;

  (13) Any lamp, lens, or reflector is not of an approved type;

  (14) Back-up lamp operates when vehicle is in forward gear; or

  (15) Back-up lamp not lit when in reverse gear.

D. The use of tape or paint is not an approved method of repair for a cracked, broken, or damaged lens referenced in §C(5) of this regulation.