(Indianapolis, Ind.) - The cost of a drivers license in Indiana is going down thanks to a lawsuit.
Earlier this year, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles alleging it has been overcharging for licenses since 2007.
“Effective immediately, we are reducing the fees for all operator’s licenses accordingly,” said BMV Commissioner R. Scott Waddell, noting that his agency has discovered a miscalculation resulting in a $3.50 discrepancy for four, five, and six year standard operator’s licenses.
The BMV says the charge for a standard six-year operator’s license should be $17.50 instead of $21. Cost of a five-year license should be $16, not $19.50. Four-year licenses ought to cost $14.50 instead of $18.
“We became aware of the possibility that the BMV could be overcharging Indiana drivers for an operator’s license, and reviewed existing law to determine the exact breakdown of fees that make up the cost of an operator’s license,” Waddell said.
The class-action lawsuit filed in March claimed that drivers had been overcharged by up to $40 million since 2007. The attorney who filed the lawsuit, Indianapolis attorney Irwin Levin, has alleged that the BMV was intentionally overcharging.
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