Sacramento, CA - Thousands of California vehicle owners received an unpleasant surprise in the mail yesterday as their long-delayed DMV renewal notices arrived.

Due to budget uncertainties, the DMV postponed sending out renewal notices until the beginning of this week. Many people received their renewal notices yesterday to find that the bill stated that the payment was due in one day or penalties would be assessed. This is NOT accurate. There was also a flyer included in the renewal notice correcting the due date, but not everyone noticed the flyer.

All DMV renewals by law have at least a 30-day grace period. Please read the link below for more information from the DMV website.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/newsrel/newsrel11/julyrenewals.htm