If you are buying or selling a used car in Maryland, the State requires a safety inspection before the vehicle can be titled and registered. Medrano Auto Repair is a licensed Maryland inspection station — station 2761, authorized for Type A vehicles, A/M trailers and T trailers, per the Maryland State Police registry. This page has all of it: when you need it, what is checked, how to arrive ready, how to book, what happens if the car fails, where every figure here comes from, and what is still to be confirmed with the shop.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Licensed station | 2761 — Type A, A/M trailers and T trailers (Maryland State Police registry) |
| Inspection days | Monday to Friday |
| Appointment hours | Every hour from 10:00 a.m. (the last hour of the day is still to be confirmed with the shop) |
| How long it takes | About 2 hours (the shop's figure) · one inspection at a time |
| Fee | To be confirmed with the shop — Maryland does not set the fee: each station sets it and posts it at the counter (MVA) |
| If the car fails | 30 days or 1,000 miles for the re-inspection; only the failed items are checked again (MVA) |
You bought a used car and are going to title and register it in Maryland: the safety inspection comes first.
The buyer needs the car inspected in order to title it. Doing it beforehand removes one big reason for hesitation.
Maryland gives 30 days or 1,000 miles, whichever comes first, and only the failed items are checked again. After that window, the inspection starts over.
If the MVA asks you for the certificate, this station can do it. If your case is different, the shop confirms before you drive over.
What follows is the check against the State's list (Maryland regulation 11.14 and the State Police list). Where it applies, the car is also road tested.
None of these items is a promise of a result: they are what Maryland checks. Whether your car passes or not, we tell you with the car up on the lift and what was found in plain sight.
Walk around the car in daylight and look at this before you come. If something is wrong, fix it first, wherever you like.
| What | Status |
|---|---|
| The car, with the engine and battery healthy enough to start and be road tested | Needed |
| The car's paperwork (title or registration) and your driver's license | Confirmed at the counter |
| Payment and the inspection fee | To be confirmed with the shop |
| Can you come without an appointment? | The site does not claim it: ask the shop when you book |
Is your case different? (paperwork not at hand, a car that will not start, more than one vehicle) Say so in your appointment notes and the shop tells you how that day is handled.
In Maryland the inspection fee is not set by the State: each station sets it and it has to be posted at the counter. That is why the price can differ from one station to the next, even in the same town.
What is known and verified: the re-inspection can carry its own charge (the station decides) and, if the car fails, you may have it repaired at another shop.
The inspection is booked whole: it takes two hours and is done one at a time. If somebody takes 10:00, 11:00 stops being offered — so two customers never fight over the same bay.
The schedule runs in your browser: it gives you a receipt number you can download. The shop confirms the appointment through the channel you leave.
With the car up on the lift and the State's list beside it, item by item. No dressing up, and no selling you what you do not need.
Maryland does not force you to repair at the station that inspected. If you prefer another shop, that is your right.
At the same station. Only the failed items are checked again, if it is done within the 30 days or 1,000 miles.
The station decides. How much this shop charges, and in which cases it does not, is still to be confirmed with the shop.
The shop sets the price and has not confirmed it in writing yet, so this site publishes no figure. What is verified is that Maryland does not set that fee: each station sets it and posts it at the counter. Ask when you book and the shop confirms it.
Fee: to be confirmed with the shopAbout two hours, per the shop. That is the time of a full inspection against the State's list, plus the road test where it applies.
The inspection is handled by appointment: Monday to Friday, every hour from 10:00 a.m. Whether walk-ins are also taken is something this site does not claim: ask when you book and the shop tells you how that day looks.
Walk-in: to be confirmed with the shopAppointments start every hour from 10:00 a.m. Because the inspection takes two hours and the shop closes at 6:00 p.m., the last hour offered depends on closing. Whether the last one starts at 4:00 or 5:00 p.m. is one of the questions put to the shop and is still to be confirmed.
Last hour: to be confirmed with the shopMaryland gives 30 days or 1,000 miles, whichever comes first, to bring it back. Inside that window only the failed items are checked again, and the re-inspection is done by the same mechanic, at the same station. After the window, the inspection starts over.
No. Maryland does not require the inspecting station to do the repair. If you prefer to have it fixed at another shop, you can; and if you have it done here, the check and the estimate come in writing before the car is touched.
This site does not publish the emissions inspection as a shop service, because it is not confirmed to be one. What is verified is that in Maryland the emissions test is done by the State at its own VEIP stations and kiosks, not by just any shop.
Emissions: to be confirmed with the shopIt is not promised. Station 2761 is authorized, per the State Police registry, for Type A vehicles, A/M trailers and T trailers. Motorcycles are a different class and are not in that authorization.
No. The State regulates the labor hours, not the rate: each station sets its own price and posts it. That is why it pays to ask before bringing the car.
Yes. The front desk and the shop work in both languages, and this page and the appointment receipt can be read in Spanish or English.
The shop coordinates towing: no tow truck of its own is announced. Say it in the appointment notes and the shop tells you how that day is arranged.
100 England Terrace, Rockville, MD 20850. The shop works Monday to Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the Maryland inspection is scheduled Monday to Friday. The address is verified in the Maryland State Police official inspection-station registry.
These are the official sources and the figures the shop itself provided: no number on this page comes from anywhere else.