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\r\nDear Governor Schwarzenegger:\r\n\r\nDue to a clerical error, that a California government office has delayed correcting, I may be forced to file for disability.\r\n\r\nI know you would not want anything you are associated with to be run in a way that has caused this situation.\r\n\r\nI have been told by the California DMV that due to a clerical error (no fault of mine), I may not be able to receive a corrected vehicle title, and thus be unable to sell my car, for up to a year.\r\n\r\nI have recently been diagnosed with a disabling illness, and I'm struggling to stay productive and stay off disability.\u00a0 However, if I am unable to sell my car, I may have no choice.\r\n\r\nApproximately 1 year ago I purchased a 2006 Honda Civic from a student who needed to return to China and who could not afford to keep up payments.\r\n\r\nApparently, a typographical error was made by someone at either the DMV or the DMV operations at AAA (where I registered as the new owner), and the new title that was generated showed the mileage to be 130,000 miles (rather than 13,000 miles).\r\n\r\nI started the correction process in August, and have been told that it could take over 90 days. This process included taking the vehicle to a DMV office for inspection to verify that it had not been tampered with.\u00a0\u00a0 Today, now that it is over 90 days, I was told at the DMV in Fullerton California, that the correction to my title could take over a year!\r\n\r\nI understand the reason for this delay is to assure that nothing was done to alter the mileage.\u00a0 However, since:\r\n\r\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0the car was purchased from a dealer by the student (I bought it from) only a few months earlier, with only a few thousand miles on it.\r\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0I have no criminal record.\r\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The previous owner has no criminal record.\r\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The vehicle has been inspected by the DMV\r\n\r\nWhen I talk to relatives in other states, they have never heard of something like this taking 90 days\u00a0 (let alone a year) to correct.\r\n\r\nMy family lives in Michigan.\u00a0 In August my widower father had a stroke that partially disabled him, I had been staying with him on and off over the past year since my mother passed away, to give his caregiver a break (dad has Alzheimer\u2019s).\u00a0 The year before that I traveled back at every opportunity to visit with my mother who was dying of terminal cancer.\u00a0 Over these two years I have become nearly bedridden with an illness (that was just diagnosed in October).\r\n\r\nMy time with my parents, and my illness sapped my income and even though at the time I purchased the car I was able to afford it, I am no longer able to keep it.\r\n\r\nHowever, due to this typographical error, I am unable to sell the car and this virtually new car has been parked in my driveway under a cover depreciating several thousand dollars while I wait for this title correction.\r\n\r\nI would appreciate anything you could do to help.\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\n\r\nFrank Rogala\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: Due to a clerical error, that a California government office has delayed correcting, I may be forced to file for disability. I know you would not want anything you are associated with to be run in a way that has caused this situation. I have been told by the California DMV that…<\/p>

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