Section 5655460. (A) A person shall not make, or knowingly use or knowingly give or sell to another person, an imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection. (B) A person shall not display or cause or permit to be displayed upon a vehicle, or give or sell to another person, a certificate of inspection knowing it to be fictitious or issued for another vehicle, or issued without a complete inspection complying with the regulations established by the department having been made. (C) A person shall not knowingly possess an imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection nor shall a person knowingly possess an official certificate of inspection which was not properly issued by the department to a person or an official vehicle inspection station by which the person is employed, or which was not properly issued to the person by an official vehicle inspection station. (D) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows: (1) by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, for the first offense; (2) by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, for the second offense; (3) by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both, for the third offense; or (4) by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ninety days nor more than two years, or both, for the fourth and any subsequent offenses. For the purposes of this section, the mishandling of each certificate of inspection constitutes a separate offense. The penalties are in addition to the administrative penalties which may otherwise be imposed by the department. Section 5655470. The Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to promulgate regulations for the administration and enforcement of this article. However, the regulations may not designate a specific brand or type of equipment as inspection equipment, and only standards of performance may be set. The regulations must not provide a monopoly of one make of equipment.
Section 5655460. (A) A person shall not make, or knowingly use or knowingly give or sell to another person, an imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection. (B) A person shall not display or cause or permit to be displayed upon a vehicle, or give or sell to another person, a certificate of inspection knowing it to be fictitious or issued for another vehicle, or issued without a complete inspection complying with the regulations established by the department having been made. (C) A person shall not knowingly possess an imitation or counterfeit of an official certificate of inspection nor shall a person knowingly possess an official certificate of inspection which was not properly issued by the department to a person or an official vehicle inspection station by which the person is employed, or which was not properly issued to the person by an official vehicle inspection station. (D) A person violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be punished as follows: (1) by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, for the first offense; (2) by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days nor more than thirty days, for the second offense; (3) by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both, for the third offense; or (4) by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ninety days nor more than two years, or both, for the fourth and any subsequent offenses. For the purposes of this section, the mishandling of each certificate of inspection constitutes a separate offense. The penalties are in addition to the administrative penalties which may otherwise be imposed by the department. Section 5655470. The Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to promulgate regulations for the administration and enforcement of this article. However, the regulations may not designate a specific brand or type of equipment as inspection equipment, and only standards of performance may be set. The regulations must not provide a monopoly of one make of equipment.
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