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Suspension of motor carrier vehicle registration - 75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1378

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     § 1378.  Suspension of motor carrier vehicle registration.
        (a)  Suspension.--The department shall suspend the
     registration of a motor carrier vehicle for three months if it
     determines that at the time the registration was renewed by the
     department the vehicle did not have a currently valid
     certificate of inspection.
        (b)  Documentation.--In any proceeding under this section,
     documents obtained by the department from an official inspection
     station shall be admissible into evidence to support the
     department's case. In addition, reports received by the
     department from police officers, qualified Commonwealth
     employees or department designees shall be admissible into
     evidence to support the department's case. In addition, the
     department may treat the documents and reports as documents of
     the department and use any of the methods of storage permitted
     under the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 6109 (relating to
     photographic copies of business and public records) and may
     reproduce such documents in accordance with the provisions of 42
     Pa.C.S. § 6103 (relating to proof of official records). The
     department may certify that it has received or obtained
     documents and reports from inspection stations, police officers,
     qualified Commonwealth employees and department designees and
     that certification shall be prima facie proof of the facts
     contained in the documents and reports.
        (c)  Presumption.--False, illegible or incomplete information
     on a renewal application shall create a presumption that the
     vehicle did not have a currently valid certificate of inspection
     at the time of renewal.
        (d)  Restoration.--Whenever the department suspends the
     registration of a vehicle under this section, the department
     shall not restore the registration until the registration card
     and registration plate have been surrendered for three months,
     the vehicle owner pays a $50 restoration fee and the vehicle
     owner furnishes proof, satisfactory to the department, that the
     vehicle is covered by financial responsibility and has a
     currently valid certificate of inspection.
     (Dec. 23, 2002, P.L.1982, No.229, eff. 6 months)

        2002 Amendment.  Act 229 added section 1378. See section 21
     of Act 229 in the appendix to this title for special provisions
     relating to promulgation of guidelines to implement Act 229.

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