Maryland inspection is a different story however.
Every state is different. Even city vs rural..
Some states have special government inspection stations.
Some have independent, but still stand alone inspections places. And others have inspections done by local businesses,
like car dealers.
Then the actual person may, or may not give a damn.
As I mentioned though, the folks doing the inspection can be, and have been fined BIG money
for failure to do a proper inspection/deliberate pass failing cars.
Ditto to business it was done at.
So you may find some person who does not care, or the guy who writes you up.
and you have to go to a dealer, get turned back to stock, and PROVE IT with the bill for the work, in hand, before passing.