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Thread: Maddening new laws when you renew your driver's license

  1. #31
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    MI has encouraged renewing by mail and online for a few years now too.

    My license expired this June, a week before I got married. I could of gone the week with an expired license, but I didn't want to risk it.

    So I paid the $12 renewal fee, filled out all the appropriate paperwork to have my address changed on my license (which is free), and mailed it in early June.

    Weeks later it still hadn't show up. Where was it? At my parents house. They had completely ignored the paperwork and my license had my old address. What was even the point?

    So a week later, I went in with my marriage certificate and had my name changed (a $9 charge) and address changed. They never asked for proof of the new address. It's good until 2010.

    I was in and out in an hour.


    I can't believe the hassle some of you have to go through.

    And for the record, MI has a 6% sales tax.
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  2. #32
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    Ya just never know...when we moved from Illinois back to Ohio (in 2002), we went in to get new liscenses. I got mine in about 5 minutes. Then they came out & told my husband his was being held up for non payment of a citation....ok, he doesn't remember getting a ticket.....just when & where was the citation from?
    HE GOT A TICKET IN NEW YORK STATE IN 1970!!!!!!! Ohio & NY must be getting desperate. I'm sure the cost of doing the government paperwork far far exceeded the cost of the ticket & late fees.

  3. #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
    7% sales tax???????....you could be here in the Land Beyond.......where it is...7.75%!!!!!
    In the city of Denver it is over 8%. I always think I'm being over-charged until I figure in the ridiculous sales tax.

  4. #34
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    I just renewed mine a few weeks ago and had much the same experience as Phred. Took the old one in, quick eye test and new picture (the lady even took 3 pictures because she didn't like the first two - it's not bad actually - amazing). In and out with new license in 5 minutes. Good until 2011. I love the new MD license, it has a blue crab as well as the state flag as little icons

  5. #35
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    Well after almost a month (sent my first checks on Aug. 4th) I now have my new license! The dear man at City Hall suggested I send along two more checks but send them Registered Mail. He received them and remembered me and worked on my request personally. I finally had my Marriage License copy in my hands on Tuesday afternoon and renewed my license yesterday. I am good until 2010! YAY! The new license is, of course, another photo ID but also has a holographic design. Pretty cool looking.

    Oh, and just a little info here for you folks in Pennsylvania. My friend at City Hall told me that Pennsylvania has adopted the *six point system* as well. He said they are going to be even more busy there at the marriage licensing bureau in the future!

  6. #36
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    Our sales tax is 8.5%...YIKES!

    We can renew online too but I didn't know mine had expired until I went to get my car inspected.. Took 5 hours at DMV waiting my turn.. Everywhere you go is still crowded with Katrina folks.

    Mississippi's can be done online also.

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