{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-8-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 39:8-3","heading":"Certificate of approval, issuance; owner's obligation for safety.","body":"a. No certificate of approval shall be issued by an examiner, official inspection facility or private inspection facility until the motor vehicle inspected successfully passes inspections for emissions and emission-related items such as emission control equipment and on-board diagnostics required by the chief administrator and the mechanism, brakes and equipment of the motor vehicle inspected have been found to be in a proper and safe condition and complying with the laws of this State.\nb.\tNotwithstanding subsection a. of this section, passenger automobiles registered in accordance with R.S.39:3-4 or R.S.39:3-27 and noncommercial trucks registered in accordance with section 2 of P.L.1968, c.439 (C.39:3-8.1) or R.S.39:3-27 that are only inspected for emissions and emission-related items such as emission control equipment and on-board diagnostics pursuant to R.S.39:8-1 and that successfully pass such inspections shall be issued a certificate of approval.\nc.\tNotwithstanding the issuance or non-issuance of a certificate of approval, the obligation to ensure that a vehicle is in a proper and safe condition rests with the owner, operator or lessee, as appropriate, of the vehicle.\namended 1995, c.112, s.21; 2010, c.29, s.3.","path":["TITLE 39 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"2aaf0ae614ac23372ee9e3b28bdfa99763ac7953f9d50153be1c9ed641b39b8c","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-8-2.3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-39-8-3.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}