(a) No person shall drive or operate, or allow or permit to be driven or operated, upon any street, road, alley or highway in the City of St. Albans, any motor vehicle, trailer, semi- trailer, or any combination thereof, registered in the State of West Virginia, without having displayed upon such vehicle a certificate of inspection and approval, as required by West Virginia Code, or fail to produce such certificate of inspection and approval upon demand of any police officer.
(b) Unless another penalty is by the laws of this State provided, every person convicted of a misdemeanor for operating a vehicle without having displayed thereon a current and valid certificate of inspection and approval or for failure to produce such certificate upon demand of an authorized person shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars: provided, that any person who obtains an inspection and a current and valid certificate of inspection and who, within five days of the issuance of a citation for a violation of the provisions of this section, provides a receipt of inspection to and makes the vehicle so operated available for examination, shall not be guilty of a violation of the provisions of this section: provided, however, that the misdemeanor penalty shall be imposed if the certificate of inspection has not been valid for a period exceeding three months prior to the date of the issuance of a citation.
(Ord. 2007-12. Passed 9-17-07.)