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chowmama

(1,088 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 06:26 PM Tuesday

DH got a text message today from the DMV [View all]

or so they claimed. Overdue unpaid fine, all kinds of dire consequences pending by the end of the week, etc., etc. He gave it to me to handle.

A) We've had no mail correspondence on this. That's how they communicate, not by text.
B) How the hell do they have his cell phone number?
C) The car is in my name and any ticket would be mine. (He got a real violation 2 years ago by getting caught on camera being in the wrong location as far as a stopped school bus was concerned. They issued a ticket based on the license plate, so it's on my record. I am less than thrilled about that, but it wasn't worth contesting and getting it corrected. We both have completely clean records otherwise.)
D) The phone number that texted us had a country code. I looked it up.

The Philippines. Hennepin County DMV apparently has an office in the Philippines.

Nope, don't think so. Number blocked.

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