Dear Diary

Dear Diary,

  Well, today, came across solid, literal, and legitimate proof that the state of California is dirty and corrupt and crooked.

   Here's a quote from the post I that made about it on social-media:

"Well, the missus and I now have solid proof that the state of California is honestly, literally, and legitimately corrupt/crooked. We've been in contact with the missus' lawyer, and depending on how things go, we might be able to sue the state and easily win.

(On various grounds, including violating actual collection civil-codes/laws such as the following - "Bad check laws and civil penalties: Dishonored checks, 4 years Civil Code §1719: 3 times the amount of the check, with a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $1,500.", no prior notification/notice of any actions to be taken against us which they're supposed to notify the person/people/party of, actually laughing at the people they're screwing over, and at the very least the stress and hardship this is causing. [all explained below])

So here's the skinny; seems our bank-account recently got dinged/fee'ed because the California DMV did some sort of collection legal-action against the account. Which had us both baffled, because we've never had any issue ever registering our current car, or prior cars. The missus decided to call the number on it, which then gave her a contact-number for the DMV office which it originated from. 

Turns out they're *claiming* that a check written for registration on an old 1998 Dodge Neon, in 1999, that belonged to the missus, supposedly bounced, which was complete news to the missus, and they're attempting to collect on it... *now*. Let that sink in... a check from SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO. Another huge glaring issue is that the missus filed for bankruptcy in 2000, so that should also have wiped it out. 

Further, every resource I've looked up states that the statute of limitations for a bad check, if there ever even was a bad check, in the state of California is roughly 3-4 years. (Some sources said 3, others stated 4.) Which has well passed by in the seventeen year period we're currently looking at that they're trying to collect upon. The only way this could be even seen/viewed as legal in a court of law, is if they took collection actions and/or took it to small-claims court prior to 2004, which if it's just coming up now, more than likely, that never occurred; and further should have been dissolved in the bankruptcy. 

LINK: California Debt Collection Codes/Laws
While on the phone with the DMV office in which the order originated from, the missus was demanding proof of this supposed check, and asked to have it mailed to her. It was one excuse after another as to why they couldn't mail it to her, etc.
    
While obviously frustrated and letting the person on the phone know that this was stressing her out, driving her crazy, and shady as hell, along with asking to speak to a supervisor, the DMV operator actually started laughing at her (we both heard it over the phone); when the missus demanded that he stop laughing at her, he responded in saying, "you can't even see my face right now, how can you claim that I'm laughing!?". *facepalm* 

So yeah, let this be a public service announcement... should you ever find yourself having some strange "collections" issue arise out of nowhere, make sure to do your due diligence, research, and especially look up the statute of limitations for the issue that you're facing. 

For the current time being, I'll keep on assuming that this state's government is run and operated by Mickey Mouse and company, because between this and some other past issues sure makes me believe that those in power here may as well be a sideshow circus."