NC is a far ways away from WA but that would be one fun trip!
In more related news, somebody told me we have a similar visual inspection here in NC but I think most places are pretty lax about it. Hell, the last place I went to with my catless Si just saw my parking sticker for work (race team) and chatted me up about that while they just went through the OBD2 motions and passed it without a problem.