DC car inspection - use self-service kiosk in Takoma Park DC?

[Anonymous]

My vehicle bought new in 2019 needs to be re-inspected for the first time since I purchased it.

Can I just use the self-service kiosk in Takoma Park DC to test the emissions? Is that all I need to do, or do I need to shlep down to Half Street inspection center?

https://dmv.dc.gov/page/self-service-vehicle-emissions-inspection-kiosk

[Anonymous]

Yep you can use the self-service for a re-inspection, just not the first one AFAIK

[Anonymous]

You have to go to half street for the first inspection - which this would be. When you bought the car no inspection was required. After that you can go to the kiosk. The good news is that there is rarely a line at half street these days. Still a shlep though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You have to go to half street for the first inspection - which this would be. When you bought the car no inspection was required. After that you can go to the kiosk. The good news is that there is rarely a line at half street these days. Still a shlep though.

This is what I came here to say! And yes, half street was not so bad when I went last year

[Anonymous]

I just went to Half Street with my 2019 car and only waited 15 minutes. Everyone was nice and I appreciated the staff person doing the scraping of my old sticker. Really not that bad!

[Anonymous]

My favorite COVID over reaction was when this kiosk was closed for months.

[Anonymous]

It’s like self-service at grocery store… sometimes it can move quickly. Other times the user makes an error or the system malfunctions and it takes far more time than you’d expect.