Maryland MVA MVA-INS-LAPSE-DEFAULT-MASS LOAD Glen Burnie, Maryland

I just got the same notice in the mail. We sold our car and moved from Baltimore in 1999. I spent 45 minutes on the phone this morning. Finally the customer service agent breezily informed me that they indeed had the record of the sale on file and my case would be dropped. 

Either this is evidence of incompetence on a massive scale (entirely possible - btw, the notice was mimeographed and all but unreadable), or theres some sort of fraud involved. The toll-free payment line that I called asked for a credit card # and my ss#, and the notice suggested yo send a check or money order to the very generically named Central Collection Unit. I really thought it was an outside scam until I called the MVA directly. 

Ive noticed several recent complaints about this posted online over the last month, many of which involve an eerily similar fine amount (around $4800). It may be that some glitch occurred in the roughly 12-year-old records. Whatever the cause, Id hate for anyone to pay without contesting. Ive seen that several people had to go to great lengths to argue for a smaller fine, but, still, the State of MD is making money off of something that smells, to me, like total bs. 

Stupid, Stupid!

What a bunch of horses***!

Maryland- YOU SUCK!

Did you have the car tagged with maryland plates? If so a lot of this money could come from that. In maryland they will continue to chage fees on your vehicle until you turn in the tags. They require the plates to be turned in when you sell the vehicle. If you don't then they assume you still have the vehicle. Thus why they charged you for no insurance, since you dropped it when you sold it. You are likely going to have to prove to them you sold the vehicle in 1999 to get this cleared up.

What you will need is a copy of your spouse's DD214 for the years stationed in Ft. Meade, an FR-19 or other proof of insurance from that time from the insurance agency and you should be able to clear this up with the other facts you mentioned in your post.  Even if you did not have MD insurance at that time, being that your husband was active duty military, a certificate of coverage from your domicile state would suffice.  MD has a law that military can have out of state insurance.  Send the relevant copies to the main office of the MD MVA, certified, along with a letter stating the facts chronologically.  Here is a good summary of military rights in MD 

http://www.detrick.army.mil/sja/assistance03.cfm

Hope this helps.