BERWYN HEIGHTS POLICE DEPARTMENT Vehicle Safety Equipment Repair Order Certification

(Click Here for a Larger View) The Berwyn Heights Police Department  inspects vehicles which have been issued  Maryland Safety Equipment Repair Orders   for FREE.  Stop by our station or call 301-474-6554 for information. For additional information about Tinted Windows and other Maryland Vehicle Equipment Laws, Click Here.		Did You Get One of These? The form you see at your left is called a Maryland Safety Equipment Repair Order. It looks like a traffic ticket, however it is not.  Although similar in nature, it is actually a document issued by police officers to the owners or drivers of Maryland-registered vehicles which have safety equipment violations, and requires the violations to be corrected within Ten (10) Days, or the registration (tags) on the vehicle will be Suspended.  Once the vehicle's problems have been corrected, the vehicle has to be inspected, and the bottom half of the form must be signed by the vehicle equipment inspector, then one copy must be mailed to the Maryland State Police Automotive Equipment Safety Division. The A.S.E.D gives the vehicle owner Thirty (30) days to get the signed form mailed to them, however the inspection must have been done within Ten (10) Days, as stated above. In most cases, a Maryland Safety Equipment Repair Order can be signed by the employees of any Maryland Authorized Inspection Station (usually at gas stations), or by any Maryland Police Officer.  There are however some violations which cannot be signed by Police Officers. Vehicle Equipment violations which require specialized equipment for inspection, such as Wheel Alignment, Suspension, Steering, Tires, etc., require that the vehicle be inspected only a Maryland Authorized Inspection Station. Additionally, if the Repair Order was issued for a Tinted Window Violation, the inspection MUST be done by a member of the A.S.E.D. Team, during DRY weather only. Members of the A.S.E.D. are available for vehicle inspections at the Largo MVA (Route 202 near Rt. 214) on Mondays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am, and the Beltsville MVA (Route 1 & Ammendale Drive) on Tuesdays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. Other inspection locations are MVA Glen Burnie - Monday thru Friday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, and Gaithersburg MVA on Thursdays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am. For other certification locations or for further information about Maryland’s vehicle inspection laws, contact the Maryland State Police Automotive Safety Equipment Division at  (410) 424-3787.
	You should be aware that violations of vehicle equipment laws DO subject the operator of the vehicle to a traffic citation. The issuance of a Vehicle Safety Equipment Repair Order does not prevent the police officer from issuing a traffic citation, (usually in the amount of $45.00) as well.  If you have been issued a Repair Order for your vehicle without being issued a citation, consider that the police officer has given you "a break."  Please return the gesture by getting your vehicle repaired as soon as possible. (* Special thanks to James Brostek of ASM Research for providing updated inspection days and times.)

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