About two weeks ago, we were photographing my family portrait. During the session a policeman drove thru the lot where we were parked and noticed that Walter's sticker was expired on his license plate. By the time we got back to the parking lot, the van was already hooked up to a tow truck and the policeman was writing a ticket. He said he ran the plate and it didn't match the van it was on.
We were very perplexed as to how Walter could have missed renewing his license plate sticker. You don't understand. I'm married to the original boyscout. I don't think he's ever had a overdue library book!
To make a very long story shorter, we found out that when we traded in our van, Walter paid to have the plates transferred. Apparently, the dealership skipped that part of the transaction, and never registered our vehicle. I also contacted the State Bureau of Motor Vehicles and found out that coincidentally they never mailed out a renewal notice this year for that sticker. Apparently it was a computer glitch!
Walter had to go to court today for having plates not registered to a vehicle. We had the state send us a letter stating that they never contacted us about the renewal and a letter from the dealership stating that they never registered our vehicle. We figured it couldn't hurt to take that evidence into court. After reading the letters, THE STATE DECIDED TO DROP ALL CHARGES! Walter didn't have to pay court fines or anything since everyone screwed up! YEAH! It's nice to know that sometimes the system can work in your favor!
Susan
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