Greetings,
I was convicted of DWI, my first in November of 2012. I did 14 days in jail and was done with it and it was on my record. Just a week ago I had a birthday and realized that my drivers license expired so I went to renew it. She said I was ineligible and gave me paperwork to call. Sure enough it was in regards to Texas surcharge in which I must pay $1,000 every year for 3 years. I've never received notice of a surcharge. Never had a change of address. Furthermore, the surcharge didn't kick in 'til this year where payment was due January 9th of 2015. Having no notification of surcharge and no notification of drivers license suspension in the mail. It took a trip to the DPS to find out about all of this. It turns out I have been driving with a suspended license for about 6 months. This seems very odd that until this year, over 3 years ago that they now decide to hit me with the surcharge and not 3 years ago.
Is there a statue of limitations on this? Can they still go after me for a surcharge after 3 + years? Seems odd that they decided to wait over 3 years to start a surcharge against me. Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
B
I was convicted of DWI, my first in November of 2012. I did 14 days in jail and was done with it and it was on my record. Just a week ago I had a birthday and realized that my drivers license expired so I went to renew it. She said I was ineligible and gave me paperwork to call. Sure enough it was in regards to Texas surcharge in which I must pay $1,000 every year for 3 years. I've never received notice of a surcharge. Never had a change of address. Furthermore, the surcharge didn't kick in 'til this year where payment was due January 9th of 2015. Having no notification of surcharge and no notification of drivers license suspension in the mail. It took a trip to the DPS to find out about all of this. It turns out I have been driving with a suspended license for about 6 months. This seems very odd that until this year, over 3 years ago that they now decide to hit me with the surcharge and not 3 years ago.
Is there a statue of limitations on this? Can they still go after me for a surcharge after 3 + years? Seems odd that they decided to wait over 3 years to start a surcharge against me. Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,
B