DMV help please

[eme76]

What is the name of your state? California

i recieved a notice from the Franchise Tax Bord Vehicle Registration Collections stating that they want $315 for expired reg. on a car i no longer have
the car was being stored on my fathers property and was given away (with my permission)in 2003 i do not know who the car was given to my father can't remember the person's name (my father has memory problems after a car accident in 1994 he did major damage to his head/brain )

how can i find out what happened to the car or be released from liability? i do not have the $315 to pay (nor do i think i should have to) the notice states that i have to pay in full by march 4 or they will attach my bank acct/garnish any source of income/seize and sell real or personal property/file a lein to attach all real property i now own or mwa later aquire

thanks in advance to any who can helpWhat is the name of your state?

 

[ENASNI]

What is the name of your state? California

i recieved a notice from the Franchise Tax Bord Vehicle Registration Collections stating that they want $315 for expired reg. on a car i no longer have
the car was being stored on my fathers property and was given away (with my permission)in 2003 i do not know who the car was given to my father can't remember the person's name (my father has memory problems after a car accident in 1994 he did major damage to his head/brain )

how can i find out what happened to the car or be released from liability? i do not have the $315 to pay (nor do i think i should have to) the notice states that i have to pay in full by march 4 or they will attach my bank acct/garnish any source of income/seize and sell real or personal property/file a lein to attach all real property i now own or mwa later aquire

thanks in advance to any who can helpWhat is the name of your state?

You are required to fill out a Notice of release of Liability when you no longer own your car. But unless you own a time machine, I think you have gone past the time limit on that one.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/vr_info.htm

Please don't tell me that this is the first notice you ever received.

How to stop receiving renewal notices for a car you no longer own or if you moved out of state.

If you received a renewal notice for a vehicle you no longer own, DMV probably received an incomplete or illegible Notice of Release of Liability (REG 138) or no REG 138 at all. You must submit another Notice of Release of Liability.

A Notice of Release of Liability must be submitted not only when the vehicle is sold, but also if it is given away or donated.

Registration renewal notices are computer generated more than 60 days prior to the expiration date. Occasionally, these renewal notices are generated within days of the sale of your vehicle and the documents may cross in the mail.

If this occurs, complete another release of liability form or submit a copy of your original notice of release of liability with your renewal notice, and DMV will update the information. You can mail it to the address on the form.

If you have moved out of California and received a renewal notice, simply write on the notice that you are no longer in California AND provide the date that you moved out of state and mail it back to DMV. Your record will be updated with the new information when DMV receives the notice.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vr/vr_info.htm

 

[eme76]

it is the only notice i have ever recieved
also i do not know who it was given to and the release of liability requires this info

 

[ENASNI]

it is the only notice i have ever recieved
also i do not know who it was given to and the release of liability requires this info

Hey! I told you not to tell me that! Sorry, it just seems so unlikely.

They will most likely garnish your wages, so prepare to be embarrassed with your HR Department.

It happened to a friend of mine too, his car was totalled due to an accident and they still sent out the registration renewal. He thought because the car was paid off by the insurance that they would take care of it internally. NOPE.

I am not sure if you will able to take care of this retroactively, he is still trying to get his refund back, he had to send in the police report stating the reg was due 5 days after the accident.

Maybe someone else will post about this.