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Editor, News-Register:
I can't begin the describe my frustration at the Moundsville DMV. I went in with my Colorado driver's license and my car to change my residence with the DMV. I drove 10+ miles, returned home, went back to the DMV and had to return home, empty handed.
I am 77 years old and a 56-year spouse of a Navy veteran. I presented in all: My Colorado driver's license, my car insurance, my residential rental agreement, my husband's death certificate, my husband's will, which leaves me as sole owner of our estate, my birth certificate, my title for my car and my military identification. The employees at the DMV refused to honor my license request because I did not have a paper stating that I solely own my car since my husband died. My lawyer from Colorado got on the phone with the DMV employees to tell them that Colorado doesn't produce such a paper except in probate. Everything is stated in the will.
I have, in the last year, sold my house, our business, two trucks and other property. My younger son bought one truck from me and easily registered it to himself in West Virginia. The DMV didn't bat an eye registering his title. The DMV wants me to get a lawyer to issue me a paper stating that I own our assets such as my car.
Please tell me why the employees at the DMV cannot discern a legal will and death certificate? Who else would own this property.
And they serve us??? I don't think so.
Is it because I am a senior or a woman that I cannot be trusted to present this evidence of ownership? What is wrong with a government agency that can't see a legal document presented?
Donna Hartley
Wheeling