Halstead v. Division of Motor Vehicles

Claimant seeks to recover $292.50 for a privilege tax that respondent mistakenly charged the claimant on his 2002 Mercury Sable when the claimant registered his vehicle in this State. On September 27, 2007, the claimant paid a privilege tax at respondent’s office in Sabraton after the respondent incorrectly informed him that the tax was due. The claimant testified that he was charged the tax in West Virginia even though he had previously paid a sales tax on his vehicle in Michigan, his former state of residence. On July 12, 2008, claimant sent an *29application for refund to respondent’s office…