Indiana drivers who were overcharged by the state Bureau of Motor Vehicles could soon find it easier to claim the last 3.3-million dollars of a much larger class-action settlement.
A bureaucratic glitch had prevented people from receiving their payments from the state attorney general’s unclaimed property division. “The Indianapolis Star” reported that a Marion County judge directed the B-M-V to refund the money itself through credits or refund checks.
An attorney representing motorists in the lawsuit says the refund money will be sent to the B-M-V for distribution.
The B-M-V was sued twice for charging motorists too much for licenses, vehicle registrations and other services between 2002 and 2014. In a settlements totaling 92-million dollars, the B-M-V agreed to refund drivers between one-dollar and 50-dollars each.