Monday, March 09, 2009

I believe the California DMV is screwing me

I guess I'm late registering, so I got this notice that my registration was due 12/31/2008. That makes me around 40 days late. My bill says my penalty fee is $147.

Looking up the penalty rules at http://dmv.ca.gov/vr/vr_info.htm it says for 30 days to 1 year late the fee is 60% of the license fee and 60% of the weight fee. My numbers:

License fee: $121
Weight fee: $24

60% of that sum is NOT $147. I'm going to have to call them, so please pray for me.