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Man loses use of vehicle for 50 days because of bureaucratic mix-up
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Man loses use of vehicle for 50 days because of bureaucratic mix-up
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April 23, 2024
A Hamilton, Ontario man couldn’t drive his car for 50 days and had to pay more than $4,000 in towing, impound, and legal expenses to get it back. The problem? Police acting on information in Ontario’s vehicle registration system believed it wasn’t his. As Sean O’Shea reports, he’d leased or owned it for six years and could prove it.
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Man loses use of vehicle for 50 days because of bureaucratic mix-up
Description
April 23, 2024
A Hamilton, Ontario man couldn’t drive his car for 50 days and had to pay more than $4,000 in towing, impound, and legal expenses to get it back. The problem? Police acting on information in Ontario’s vehicle registration system believed it wasn’t his. As Sean O’Shea reports, he’d leased or owned it for six years and could prove it.
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