{"id":1414,"date":"2022-04-19T12:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/?page_id=1414"},"modified":"2024-03-14T09:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T13:37:14","slug":"vehicle-tampering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/vehicle-tampering\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicle Tampering"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1657108652536{padding-top: 250px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/v8-car-engine-close-up.jpg?id=1420) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1634318546661{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Tampering<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”sky” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1634582948541{margin-top: -40px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tampering<\/b>\u00a0is defined as the removing or altering of emission controls on your vehicle and is prohibited pursuant to\u00a0N.J.A.C. 7:27-14<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a015<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is illegal under state and federal law to tamper with the emissions system of any vehicle. All vehicles and non-road equipment, diesel or gasoline powered, light, medium, or heavy-duty, are subject to the regulation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you suspect a vehicle has been tampered with, please contact:<\/h3>\n

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Division of Air Enforcement<\/h4>\n

1-877-WARN-DEP<\/h5>\n
or<\/h5>\n
In the Warn DEP app<\/h5>\n

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Questions?<\/span><\/h4>\n

tampering@deptest.nj.gov<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-car-alt” i_color=”sky” color=”sky” border_width=”3″ add_icon=”true”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1657108652536{padding-top: 250px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/v8-car-engine-close-up.jpg?id=1420) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1634318546661{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] Tampering [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”sky” border_width=”3″ css=”.vc_custom_1634582948541{margin-top: -40px !important;}”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tampering\u00a0is defined as the removing or altering of emission controls on your vehicle and is prohibited pursuant to\u00a0N.J.A.C. 7:27-14\u00a0and\u00a015. It is illegal under state and federal law to tamper with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1414","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/stopthesoot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}