Back in Nov I got a speeding ticket while taking Dh2B's DD back home to Ky. I also got a second ticket for expired license. (which expired that week apparently).

Sooooooooo, I paid the speeding ticket and I sent proof to the court that the license was renewed. No problem. The expired license charge was dropped. Along with the speedig ticket that I paid online was a $10 court fee which I also paid.

Then I received another bill in the mail for an aditional $10 court fee for the license ticket. Couldn't pay it online because it was not a ticket it was a fee. Not a big deal. Stupid me, I write a check and stick it in the mail. I don't ever think to check and make sure it clears, I mean it is $10 afterall.

Today, I get a call from DH2B asking me why my license was suspended. HUH?!?!? Well, DMV just notified my insurance company to drop me from the policy because my license is suspened.

I call and finally get through to someone who tells me my license was suspended because I owed money to the court. Oh and it is going to cost me $145 to reinstate my license!

Called the court, Apparently, they never received the check. They only took the payment by phone when I explained that I could not legally drive the 4 hours to this county and pay my whole ten dollars.

Then I had to go to DH2B's work to pick up my receipt that the court faxed over because they would not post it to dmv for another 2-3 days. Then it was off to the bank to stop payment on the check that was mailed out back in Jan. And wouldn't you know the bank tried to charge me $25 to stop payment on my $10 check.

And then I got to spend an hour and a half waiting at DMV before they took the little bit of money that was in my checking account away from me.

ALL OF THIS... for a $10 court fee for a ticket that was dismissed and never went to court.

Here is what gets me... The court never sent me anything to let me know they would be revoking my license. And when I asked the teller at DMV why they never sent me anything, she says it's not thier policy to send out notifications for suspensions. To me, this says "Essentially there are only 3 ways you will find out it"; 1. Get into an accident and your insurance doesn't cover you because you had no valid license ($500 DMV fine) 2. Like me your insurance receives the notice and drops you immediately or 3. You get stopped for another offense such as speeding and the cop comes back and arrests you on diving on a susended license even though you may never know it was suspended to begin with.

This is my punishment for court going well yesterday.