By mistake, the state says, people who drove their vehicles from out of state between December 2016 and August 2017 were not charged a $15 fee.
The state Department of Licensing will soon send notices to owners of 32,749 vehicles in Washington, asking them to pay a $15 fee that was mistakenly not collected earlier because of a processing error.
According to the agency, owners who drove their vehicles from out of state between December 2016 and August 2017 were not charged the $15 out-of-state vehicle check fee when they entered Washington.
This error resulted in about $491,000 in uncollected fees, the release says. The fees are required for highway-safety program funding.