- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
In 2015, my daughter's license was temporarily suspended as part of a youthful offender conviction. For months, I drove her everywhere. She never got behind the wheel. When she later applied for a new license to use as i.d. (her purse had been stolen), she asked if any time was left on her suspension and if she owed a reinstatement fee. The clerk said there was no suspension in force and she did not owe anything. We assumed the suspension period had been completed and that we were mistaken about owing a fee.
Now, TWO YEARS LATER, we have received notice that her suspension had not been served previously and so it will begin now. I assume the court clerk failed to enter the suspension in 2015? She was not asked to surrender her license at that time -- but she is required to surrender it now. She will owe $300 once the suspension is complete.
I don't object to the fee if it is the same as when she was sentenced, but we feel that she is being punished twice. She complied with what she was told to do at the time. We had no way of knowing she wasn't being credited.
How is it possible that she is being punished for a clerk's mistake two years ago? Do we have any recourse? How should we proceed?
Now, TWO YEARS LATER, we have received notice that her suspension had not been served previously and so it will begin now. I assume the court clerk failed to enter the suspension in 2015? She was not asked to surrender her license at that time -- but she is required to surrender it now. She will owe $300 once the suspension is complete.
I don't object to the fee if it is the same as when she was sentenced, but we feel that she is being punished twice. She complied with what she was told to do at the time. We had no way of knowing she wasn't being credited.
How is it possible that she is being punished for a clerk's mistake two years ago? Do we have any recourse? How should we proceed?