MD safety inspection to get a truck registered.

PA requires yearly state inspections as well. I assume you have an inspection place lined up there?

 

Get a flashlight and crawl under the truck and inspect the wheel seals for yourself. If there damp, the shop wasn’t scamming you.

 

I've lived in both MD and PA for years and when I had IRP and IFTA in both states I always had to have my tractors STATE inspected for plates. I never had to get a Federal inspection because the state inspection was allowed instead. Always had my trailers registered in Maine with a Fed inspection though.

 

Ok. The nice part about Maryland is, it is one time inspection. Pennsylvania on the other hand has annual inspections. You can however use the Pennsylvania inspection in place on an annual FMCSA inspection.

 

You need a pa inspection for your truck. What you described is renewing your registration. I live in PA and a state inspection is required they use to be every 6 months then switched to annual a few years back.

 

PA doesn't require proof of inspection when applying for plates like MD but if you don't have that state inspection sticker on your windshield they're going to break it off in you if you get caught. It's also a yearly deal instead of a one time thing like MD.