Vehicle Inspection Requirements
Every vehicle on Carvia needs a passing annual safety inspection to stay listed. Here's what that means and how to stay current.
What's required
Once a year, every vehicle listed on Carvia needs a passing safety inspection — a state-inspection-equivalent form covering the basics that keep a car safe to drive: brakes, tires, lights, steering, and the rest of the standard safety checklist. You submit it right in the app; there's no separate portal or paperwork to mail in.
If your state already requires an annual (or more frequent) vehicle safety inspection, you can typically use that same inspection to satisfy Carvia's requirement — just upload the results when you submit. If your state doesn't require one, you'll need a qualified inspection station to check your vehicle against the standard safety checklist and complete the in-app form.
Why it matters
Guests are trusting your car with their safety, sight unseen, based entirely on what your listing says. A current inspection is Carvia's way of backing up that trust with something concrete, not just a promise. It also protects you: a documented, current inspection is part of your record if a mechanical issue ever comes up in a trip dispute.
What happens if it's overdue
Carvia tracks your inspection due date and reminds you before it lapses. If your inspection goes overdue without renewal, your listing can be automatically moved to Snoozed or Restricted status — meaning it comes off search results and can't accept new bookings until you submit a current inspection. Any trips already booked before the lapse aren't automatically cancelled, but you won't be able to take new bookings until you're current again.
An overdue inspection is one of the most avoidable ways to lose booking momentum on a listing, so treat the reminder seriously — it's a quick fix if you handle it before it snowballs into a longer gap in your calendar.
How to submit or renew
1. Get your vehicle inspected at a qualified inspection station (or use your state's required annual inspection if it covers the same ground).
2. Open your listing in the Carvia app and go to the inspection section.
3. Upload the inspection results and confirm the date.
4. Carvia reviews the submission and updates your listing status — if anything's missing, you'll be told exactly what.
You can renew early; there's no penalty for submitting a new inspection before your current one expires; it simply resets your due date another year out.