redfirepearlgt
12-23-2009, 10:20 AM
I went to renew my license yesterday as we all do in Ohio every 5 years. The lady runs the standard check and tells me that I have a block on my renewal from the state of Tennessee. I haven't had an altercation with this state since I lived there briefly in 1984.
I call them and I am told that they are blocking my renewal because I owe them a reinstatement fee for a suspended license in 1985. - 1985 !!!!!!
I explained to the lady that I was aware of a ticket I got in 1984, but that I had paid the fine. She said. "No sir, it's not a fine but a reinstatement fee." I said, "reinstatemnt for what?" She said, "Reinstatemnt for your suspended license." "That issue was resolved by my lawyer in 1984.", I told her. "Sorry sir, you have to take that up with Rutherford County.", she remarked. So I called Rutherford County Court and after waiting an hour for the lady (who was very nice BTW) to go through the paper archives, she called and told me that yes my license had been suspended and that I would need to send $140.00 to the State DMV to get the block lifted that has apparently not received.
In August, 1984 I was pulled over for a traffic infraction in West Harrison, IN by a local-yocal-hole-in-the-top-of-his-head-crook-of-a-cop named Gary Noel who was very well known for being a real PRICK! STILL IS IN MY BOOK!!!! Hope you read this NOEL!!! He ran my then held Tennessee DL and told me it was suspended which was the first I had ever heard of. I get a lawyer, go to court, and low-and-behold 6 weeks later get a letter of reinstatement from the Tennessee Safety Dept. along with an apology for not having properly notified me of this occurrence. I got my license issued in Indiana that day and I have been good to go ever since... Well that was until 12/22/2009 twenty five years later. So I paid the $140.00 since I have no longer the documentation to arbitrate with.
This whole ordeal is because of Federal and State Driver License Computer systems being tied together with no check and balance system. Tennessee just brought theirs on line a few months ago.
Now I ask you, if there are statute of limitation laws in this country for more severe offenses, then why should a person be held accountable to prove he/she paid a reinstatement fee via a lawyer and received a reinstatement letter in 1984 twenty five years after the fact. Most people me included purge records very 5-10 years. This is political BS at its finest. Just wait until they get hold of your helathcare records. We will all be SCREWED more than we already are.
I call them and I am told that they are blocking my renewal because I owe them a reinstatement fee for a suspended license in 1985. - 1985 !!!!!!
I explained to the lady that I was aware of a ticket I got in 1984, but that I had paid the fine. She said. "No sir, it's not a fine but a reinstatement fee." I said, "reinstatemnt for what?" She said, "Reinstatemnt for your suspended license." "That issue was resolved by my lawyer in 1984.", I told her. "Sorry sir, you have to take that up with Rutherford County.", she remarked. So I called Rutherford County Court and after waiting an hour for the lady (who was very nice BTW) to go through the paper archives, she called and told me that yes my license had been suspended and that I would need to send $140.00 to the State DMV to get the block lifted that has apparently not received.
In August, 1984 I was pulled over for a traffic infraction in West Harrison, IN by a local-yocal-hole-in-the-top-of-his-head-crook-of-a-cop named Gary Noel who was very well known for being a real PRICK! STILL IS IN MY BOOK!!!! Hope you read this NOEL!!! He ran my then held Tennessee DL and told me it was suspended which was the first I had ever heard of. I get a lawyer, go to court, and low-and-behold 6 weeks later get a letter of reinstatement from the Tennessee Safety Dept. along with an apology for not having properly notified me of this occurrence. I got my license issued in Indiana that day and I have been good to go ever since... Well that was until 12/22/2009 twenty five years later. So I paid the $140.00 since I have no longer the documentation to arbitrate with.
This whole ordeal is because of Federal and State Driver License Computer systems being tied together with no check and balance system. Tennessee just brought theirs on line a few months ago.
Now I ask you, if there are statute of limitation laws in this country for more severe offenses, then why should a person be held accountable to prove he/she paid a reinstatement fee via a lawyer and received a reinstatement letter in 1984 twenty five years after the fact. Most people me included purge records very 5-10 years. This is political BS at its finest. Just wait until they get hold of your helathcare records. We will all be SCREWED more than we already are.