'I thought it was a scam,' says driver slammed with $148 in DMV late penalties despite having proof she paid online | 1JT6X44 | 2024-02-09 08:08:01
Terri Brown of San Jose,
A DRIVER thought she was being scammed when she acquired an enormous late payment from the DMV regardless that she paid the whole lot on time.&
Terri Brown of San Jose, California, renewed her registration online with the DMV and even acquired a cost confirmation, but a letter appeared within the mail weeks later saying she owed $148.
Brown was thrown off guard because she knew she paid for her registration and the stickers have been despatched to her house to prove it.
"To be fairly trustworthy, I didn't consider it. I assumed it was a scam," Brown advised ABC affiliate KGO in the Bay Area.
The letter was so off-putting she was positive it had to be a rip-off.& &
"I even took it to my mother. I stated, 'Mother, look how good these guys are getting at scamming,'" Brown stated.&
The DMV stated Brown's online cost did not undergo and that's the reason she is receiving late fees.
It additionally informed Brown the only approach the late fees might be paid had to be via a cashier's verify at an in-person DMV.
She didn't need to trigger any extra problem, so she paid the charge and hoped the mess can be over, yet when she renewed her registration online a second time the identical thing occurred.
The late charge the second time was even greater at $340.
Brown has misplaced hope within the system and referred to as it "broken."
She believes that if the cost didn't undergo as the DMV stated, they need to have notified her sooner as an alternative of waiting and permitting the charges to build up larger.&
"I needed to go get a cashier's verify and go in individual to the DMV. And I assumed the difficulty was over," Brown stated.
"I simply couldn't consider that it was the identical factor — acquired the successful cost acquired, my registration stickers.&
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> "And now I'm being charged this astronomical, you realize, late charge, which, like I stated, the system is damaged.
"I can't think about how a lot money they're pulling in with these 60% penalties."
Based on California's DMV website, the longer you delay cost, the larger the penalty amount might be.&
After 10 days of registration being paid late, the payment is 10% of the car license charge due for that yr plus $20 and after 30 days it is 20% plus $30.
If the registration is paid late after 31 days to at least one yr it's 60% of the car license charge due that yr along with an additional $60 charge.
"The Department of Motor Automobiles (DMV) doesn't supply a grace interval for paying your annual car registration charges," it stated on its website.&
"Make sure to pay your renewal fees on or earlier than the expiration date shown on your current registration card, or DMV will cost penalties."
Brown was thrown off guard as a result of she knew she paid for her registration and the stickers have been despatched to her house to prove it[/caption]
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