Thousands of Maryland drivers get only days' notice to renew registration

Thousands of Maryland drivers get only days' notice to renew registration

Agency says high-capacity mailer failed, delaying reminders

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun

July 8, 2014 - See more at: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/search/bs-md-mva-notice-delay-20140708,0,6408712.story

When Jim Maguire returned to his Pikesville home recently after a week out of town, he found a reminder from the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration to renew the registration on his car waiting in the pile of mail.

"I was just going to set it aside and look at it in another month," the longtime Marylander said. "I just assumed it didn't apply to me immediately."

Luckily he didn't, because it did.

Maguire, 53, was one of thousands of Marylanders who were sent notices to renew their vehicle registrations days before their tags were due to expire. Ordinarily, the Motor Vehicle Administration sends such notices between 45 and 60 days before expiration.

A spokesman for the agency blamed a problem with a high-capacity mailer, a machine it uses to send out the notices. - See more at: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/search/bs-md-mva-notice-delay-20140708,0,6408712.story

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