Rule will apply to cars with more than 5 years of use and non-compliance will yield 5 points on the CNH; know what changes
The Traffic and Transport Commission of the Chamber of Deputies approved, last December, a bill that establishes the mandatory periodic vehicle inspection for cars with more than five years of manufacture. The proposal, which is being processed in a conclusive manner, must still pass through the scrutiny of the Constitution and Justice Commission before being sent to the Federal Senate.
The approved text is a substitute by rapporteur Cezinha de Madureira (PSD-SP) to Bill 3507/25, authored by Deputy Fausto Pinato (PP-SP). According to the established rule, it will be up to Contran (National Traffic Council) to define the time intervals for carrying out inspections on cars that fall within the stipulated age range.
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Currently, vehicle inspection is required in Brazil only in specific situations, such as at the time of sale and transfer of ownership. The new project seeks to integrate the verification of safety items with the control of pollutant and noise emissions — inspection that today occurs in a sporadic and decentralized way, usually in traffic checkpoints.
In addition to the chronological criterion, the mandatory inspection will be extended to specific cases, such as the recovery of stolen vehicles and situations of suspected cloning. According to the rapporteur, the five-year cut aims to avoid additional costs for owners of new and used cars.
“The measure respects the principles of reasonableness and proportionality and makes this requirement compatible with the economic and operational reality of the Brazilian fleet,” said Madureira in his opinion.
Failure to comply with the new rule will be classified as a serious infraction by the Brazilian Traffic Code. The driver who is caught circulating without the inspection up to date or with a failure report will be subject to a fine of R$ 195.23, a five-point annotation on the CNH (National Driver’s License) and retention of the vehicle for regularization.
If it is approved in the CCJ and there is no appeal for a vote in the plenary of the Chamber, the project will go directly to the analysis of the senators.
