RICHMOND, Va. — Maiga Dorval has been fighting the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for more than two years over what she says was an erroneous tax payment of nearly $2,000 that should never have been collected.
After moving to Richmond from Missouri, Dorval went to the DMV in July 2023 to register her car. During the process, she said she was told by a representative that she’d have to pay a pretty hefty tax.
“While I was registering my out-of-state vehicle, I was told that I needed to provide proof of the sales and use tax that I paid in my previous state, and I was like, ‘OK?’ I paid it, even though I was really unsure that I needed to,” Dorval said…