HENRIETTA, N.Y. — An East Rochester man is warning others about security concerns after his license plates disappeared following their surrender at a local DMV drop box.
Terry Kirchoff turned in his plates last fall using a drop box at the Henrietta DMV office after selling his car. He expected to receive a receipt from Albany to prove to his insurance company he was no longer driving that vehicle, but nothing arrived in the mail.
“I thought it was a secure place to put the license plates,” Kirchoff said.
When he called to check on the status, he learned there was no record of the surrender. “And I was told by a man in the DMV in Albany that my car was still registered,” Kirchoff said…