States Without Vehicle Inspection 2025

	State	Safety Inspection Requirement↓	Additional Safety Inspection Details
	Maryland	Single/Once	Required when registering vehicles from another state or when a used vehicle is purchased.
	Alabama	None
	Alaska	None
	Arizona	None
	Arkansas	None
	California	None
	Colorado	None
	Florida	None
	Georgia	None
	Idaho	None
	Illinois	None
	Indiana	None
	Iowa	None
	Kansas	None
	Kentucky	None
	Michigan	None
	Minnesota	None
	Mississippi	None
	Montana	None
	Nebraska	None
	Nevada	None
	New Mexico	None
	North Dakota	None
	Ohio	None
	Oklahoma	None
	Oregon	None
	South Carolina	None
	South Dakota	None
	Tennessee	None
	Utah	None
	Washington	None
	Wisconsin	None
	Wyoming	None
	District of Columbia	Biennial	For publicly owned vehicles only, the requirement for safety inspection for privately owned cars ended October 1, 2009.
	Missouri	Biennial	Based on the vehicle's model year. Odd-numbered model year renews in odd-numbered year, even-numbered model year renews in even-numbered year. Effective August 28, 2019, motor vehicles for the first ten years following the model year of manufacture and having less than 150,000 miles on the odometer are exempt from the safety inspection requirement. Vehicles displaying historical plates are completely exempt from inspection.
	Rhode Island	Biennial	Newly registered vehicles are exempt from the inspection requirement for two years from the date of purchase. Vehicles registered as antiques are subject to safety inspection, but are exempt from emissions testing. Stickers are placed on lower-right corner of windshield.
	West Virginia	Bi-annual	As of 1/1/2024; color of sticker changes Bi-annually; sticker placed in lower left corner of windshield.
	Connecticut	Annual / None	Required only for certain commercial vehicles, trucks, grey market, salvage, and several types of trailers.
	Delaware	Annual	New cars are exempt from inspection for the first seven years provided the car remains with the same owner.
	Hawaii	Annual	With the following exceptions: Brand new vehicles receive an inspection valid for two years. Emergency vehicles, school vehicles, rental cars, and vehicles used in public transportation must be inspected every six months. Sticker placed on rear bumper to right on license plate.
	Louisiana	Annual	As of September 2012, people in most jurisdictions have the option of getting a sticker good for two years, rather than one, by paying double the usual fee. In most of south Louisiana, inspection stickers are commonly referred to as "Brake Tags"; they are placed on the inside of the windshield, in the lower left corner of the windshield (on the driver's side). Colors change every year.
	Maine	Annual	Color of sticker changes annually. School buses are inspected every six months. Vehicles registered as Antique Autos are exempt. Sticker placed in top center of windshield behind rear view mirror or lower left-hand corner of windshield.
	Massachusetts	Annual	Stickers are placed in the lower right corner of the windshield.
	New Hampshire	Annual	Except the first inspection of a new vehicle or upon an ownership transfer is adjusted to expire in the month of the registrant's birthday and is therefore valid for 4 to 15 months. Sticker placed in lower driver corner of the windshield.
	New Jersey	Annual	For commercial vehicles (including taxis, limousines, jitneys, and buses), effective January 1, 2010. Passenger vehicles are exempt from safety inspections, effective August 1, 2010.
	New York	Annual	Color of sticker changes annually. Newly registered vehicles with a current inspection sticker from another state are exempt until the out-of-state sticker expires or for one year after registration in New York, whichever is sooner. Vehicles registered as farm vehicles are exempt. Stickers are placed on the lower left corner of windshield.
	North Carolina	Annual	Until the vehicle is 30 years of age, at which point inspections are no longer required.
	Pennsylvania	Annual	For most vehicles; every six months for school vehicles (including school buses and school vans), motor coaches, mass transit buses, etc. Stickers are placed on the lower driver's side corner of the windshield. Vehicles bearing antique vehicle license plates are exempt from inspection, but vehicles bearing classic or collectible license plates are subject to inspection. Trailers in excess of 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) GVW are also inspected annually as are motorcycles.
	Texas	Annual	New vehicles are sold with an inspection decal which expires two years after the sale of the vehicle. Annually thereafter and for Motorcycles. The inspection decal is placed in the lower left corner of the windshield near the registration decal. As of March 1, 2015, the inspection decal was eliminated and proof of inspection will be required to renew the registration. Any vehicle registered as antique 25 years or older does not need safety inspection.
	Vermont	Annual	Inspections are due at the end of even-numbered months only. Inspections performed in an odd-numbered month will receive a sticker for the next even-numbered month (e.g., a car inspected in November 2011 will receive a sticker good until December 31, 2012). Inspection stickers are placed on the lower left of windshield
	Virginia	Annual	Newly registered vehicles with a valid inspection from another state are not exempt from inspection until the out-of-state inspection expires. As soon as a vehicle is registered in Virginia, that vehicle must have a Virginia safety inspection. Primarily yellow; background color of year digits changes annually. Placed in the lower left part of the windshield (lower center windshield before January 1, 2018). Beginning January 2019 the color of Virginia's inspection stickers changed from yellow to blue.

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