“I thought it was unacceptable to put it nicely,” stated Connecticut resident John Carroll.
Way back in the 1990s, Carroll lived in Maryland and would cruise the highways in his 1986 Audi. But he just learned Maryland has no record of that car being insured for a 10-month period starting in 1998. The result, a $2,500 fine.
“I’ve always been covered,” affirmed Carroll.
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Did Maryland even process FR19 fines in the 90's?
The guy is right and I would ignore it too.
But look at the list of politically connected people here that owe tens of thousands for years and no one goes after them.
Maryland is becoming very aggressive in collecting debts. If they can't get you to pay it, they will take any tax refund you have until it is paid off. States are going broke, and they are trying to get money any way they can.
Yes MD did FR19's in the 90's. All the guy has to do is contact his insurance company and they will still have the records, otherwise SHUT UP AND PAY THE FINE! It is your responsibility to have insurance and to be able to prove it! Now that they know where his is located, if he doesn't pay it they will take it from his refund!
Why not just take the refund and or deduct it? Makes no sense to keep money until your paid and then give it back.
The MD CCU unit was seizing our state returns for the last 15 years but would not provide an account balance sheet or any other information on the debt.We had to call our elected Representatives and get their liaison staff to intervene before we got that detailed bill we had asked to get for over two years.It's easy money when people know they can't fight it.
They do this all the time. They tried to fine me for not having a car insured that I did not own during the period in question. It is a state sponsored scam.
We just got a similar letter in the mail. We never owned a vehicle like the one listed in the letter and we moved out of Maryland 2 years before they claim we owed the insurance for. Contacting a lawyer ASAP.
He lives out of state so they can't touch him, they can't garnish his taxes. Also, insurance companies are required to keep records going back 7 years, they may have them going back further but it's not required and they might just say we don't have the records going back that far so it then becomes impossible to prove he had insurance! The other problem in his situation is that you are guilty until you are proven innocent.
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