Jarvis-Halstead v. Division of Motor Vehicles

Claimant seeks to recover $989.00 for a privilege tax that respondent mistakenly charged the claimant on her 2005 Toyota Avalon when the claimant registered her 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 her that the tax was due. The claimant testified that she was charged the tax in West Virginia even though she previously paid a sales tax on her vehicle in Michigan, her former state of residence. On July 12, 2008, claimant sent an application for refund to respondent’s office in…