California DMV RIPOFF DMV RIPOFF Sacramento California

And did your check clear the bank???

I ask because back in the 80's we MAILED our registration fee check. It was stolen from a Public Blue Mail drop box, the payee name was altered and it was cashed at a mini-market in San Francisco.

(Leaving checks with the flag up in your own mailbox is a clear message to crooks to steal outgoing checks)

We were not aware the payment was not received until we received the letter about the fines for not paying on time. As the payment amount was not changed, our bank records showed that we paid on time. Then we found out it never made it Sacramento in the first place.

The bank refunded our money and provided a letter to the DMV that we made every effort to pay the registration on time and it was their error in not catching the obviously altered check in the first place. The DMV waived the fines completely..


FYI - the mini market in SF took the hit for the money lost by cashing an altered check in the first place.

Don't you have a receipt of some kind showing that you paid on time? If so, then it's not a rip-off, just poor bookkeeping on their part.

Don't you have a receipt of some kind showing that you paid on time? If so, then it's not a rip-off, just poor bookkeeping on their part.

Don't you have a receipt of some kind showing that you paid on time? If so, then it's not a rip-off, just poor bookkeeping on their part.