airplanemechanic
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I'm not sure how to explain this issue but I'll try.
I have an old fishing truck that I have just to pull a large bass boat that I own. So.....since the truck sits 363 days out of the year, when I don't use it I cancel insurance on it and go to the DMV website and fill out a "statement of non-use" that signals to the DMV that you don't have insurance and you know it and don't plan on using the vehicle. This hasn't been an issue and I've been doing it for multiple vehicles for years.
On January 10th I got a notification that I cancelled insurance on the vehicle back in the end of October (which is true.) However, if you put insurance on a vehicle it cancels the statement of non-use. So when you cancel insurance you have to go back to the DMV website and fill out another SONU app. Well, when I did that for this truck it gave an error and said there was already a SONU on this vehicle.
Fast forward and on January 10th or so I got a notification from the DMV that there is now a flag on my license because I let liability insurance lapse. I called them today and told them that I can't do anything about this because their system blocked me from reinstating the SONU. The reason being is that State Farm underwriting takes about a week or two to even report to the DMV that you change insurance status on your vehicle. So when I went to put the SONU on it, the website gave an error saying it already had one because the insurance company HAD NOT REPORTED that I had put insurance on it a few days prior.
Back in December I renewed my license and at that time I placed a hard copy SONU on the truck knowing that I had it set to expire December 31st so I just renewed it a couple of weeks early. They had not mentioned any issues at all at that time regarding insurance on this truck. So 3 weeks before I got a notification about no insurance I physically went to the DMV to renew the SONU in person. That obviously shows I had no plan or intent to use this vehicle.
So I have a DMV supervisor supposed to call me soon about this issue. Does anyone have any advice on what to tell them? I think I have enough here to tell them that it's not my fault their system is running behind and thus won't let the driver renew his SONU in a timely manner.
I have an old fishing truck that I have just to pull a large bass boat that I own. So.....since the truck sits 363 days out of the year, when I don't use it I cancel insurance on it and go to the DMV website and fill out a "statement of non-use" that signals to the DMV that you don't have insurance and you know it and don't plan on using the vehicle. This hasn't been an issue and I've been doing it for multiple vehicles for years.
On January 10th I got a notification that I cancelled insurance on the vehicle back in the end of October (which is true.) However, if you put insurance on a vehicle it cancels the statement of non-use. So when you cancel insurance you have to go back to the DMV website and fill out another SONU app. Well, when I did that for this truck it gave an error and said there was already a SONU on this vehicle.
Fast forward and on January 10th or so I got a notification from the DMV that there is now a flag on my license because I let liability insurance lapse. I called them today and told them that I can't do anything about this because their system blocked me from reinstating the SONU. The reason being is that State Farm underwriting takes about a week or two to even report to the DMV that you change insurance status on your vehicle. So when I went to put the SONU on it, the website gave an error saying it already had one because the insurance company HAD NOT REPORTED that I had put insurance on it a few days prior.
Back in December I renewed my license and at that time I placed a hard copy SONU on the truck knowing that I had it set to expire December 31st so I just renewed it a couple of weeks early. They had not mentioned any issues at all at that time regarding insurance on this truck. So 3 weeks before I got a notification about no insurance I physically went to the DMV to renew the SONU in person. That obviously shows I had no plan or intent to use this vehicle.
So I have a DMV supervisor supposed to call me soon about this issue. Does anyone have any advice on what to tell them? I think I have enough here to tell them that it's not my fault their system is running behind and thus won't let the driver renew his SONU in a timely manner.
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