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ANCHOR:
TONIGHT, SEVEN ON YOUR SIDE HAS A WARNING. IF YOU AREN'T CAREFUL YOU COULD END UP WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE! A MARYLAND WOMAN SAYS SHE LOST HERS. AND WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR WHY.

ROSS MCLAUGHLIN IS HERE WITH THE STORY.

ROSS McLAUGHLIN:
TALK ABOUT THE PAST COMING BACK TO HAUNT YOU. WHEN ANNE FULLER TRIED TO RENEW HER MARYLAND LICENSE SHE WAS STUNNED TO FIND OUT SHE COULDN'T GET IT AND SHE WANTS TO WARN EVERYONE ABOUT IT.

STORY:
SHE'S DRIVING NOW BUT IT WAS A CLOSE CALL.

AND THAT'S WHY WERE TELLING YOU. IF YOUR LICENSE IS COMING UP FOR REWEWAL CHECK WITH THE NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTRY TO SEE IF YOU'VE BEEN FLAGGED, TO GIVE YOU TIME TO CLEAR UP PROBLEMS. AND IF YOU PAY A FINE.. HANG ON TO ALL YOUR PAPERWORK, INDEFINETLY, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.

Anne Fuller/Maryland Driver:"I was very surprised."

WHEN SHE GOT THIS NOTICE FROM THE MARYLAND MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION

Ross:"So what was this here?"

Anne Fuller:"A handwritten note telling me I've got a problem in Massachusetts as to why I couldn't renew my license."

I was just dumbfounded okay I'll call the MVA and they says there's no problem there's nothing wrong I don't know why you got that notice."

AND THAT'S WHY WE HIT THE ROAD..

Ross:"Here we are."

TO THE MVA. APPARENTLY WHEN YOU COME DOWN HERE THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND EVEN IF YOU WAIT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LINE YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW UNTIL THE VERY END.

Buel Young/MVA:"Until were checking her license having a reason to check her license we would not know about it unless they sent the information to us."

YOU SEE EVEN THOUGH YOU REWEW A STATE DRIVER'S LICENSE THERE'S A NATIONAL CHECK LIST. IT'S CALLED THE NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER. IT KEEPS TRACK OF ALL SERIOUS OFFENSES UNTIL FOR THE LIFE OF YOUR LICENSE.

Buel Young/MVA:"All 50 states are part of it, including the District of Columbia."

Anne Fuller:"I was like what?"

WHY? BECAUSE SHE HAD TO PAY AGAIN.

Anne Fuller:"340 dollars."

TO CLEAR UP A TICKET FROM 12 YEARS AGO IN MASSACHUSETTS..A TICKET SHE SAYS SHE'D PAID FOR..YOU SEE SHE DIDN'T SAVE HER PAPERWORK PROVING IT HAD BEEN HANDLED AND THESE TICKETS CAN COME BACK TO BITE YOU AT ANY TIME..

Anne Fuller:"Keep everything forever going forward."

ANNE JUST WISHES SHE HAD SOME ADVANCE NOTICE IT WAS THERE AND HER GOAL?

Anne Fuller:"Warn people."

ROSS McLAUGHLIN:
AND THAT'S WHY WERE TELLING YOU. IF YOUR LICENSE IS COMING UP FOR REWEWAL CHECK WITH THE NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTRY TO SEE IF YOU'VE BEEN FLAGGED, TO GIVE YOU TIME TO CLEAR UP PROBLEMS. AND IF YOU PAY A FINE.. HANG ON TO ALL YOUR PAPERWORK, INDEFINETLY, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.

Call 202-366-4800 to find out if you are on the register.

On The Net: National Driver Register

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