Here's the deal; If the OP acts on what he himself was told by the state, and he can back up who he talked to and when (of course, at this point he may need to go back and make a second call) and it turns out he's been given wrong information, he has at least a chance of prevailing in an appeal. Personal experience on this one, so don't come back and tell me it doesn't work that way.
If he acts on what "chyvan on the internet" says the state told her, and it's wrong, the OP is up the creek without a paddle.