CheerfulHoplite
Regular Member
OK, this one has me semi-boggled.
So the other day, I'm looking at my permission slip (CPL), and realize that I probably should have done the renewal paperwork last month sometime, as it expires in April. So I go looking for info on how to do the renewal now that I'm actually in an incorporated city (When I initially got it, I was in "unincorporated King County", and ended up going through the KCSO in downtown Seattle)
So I go looking, and find http://www.covingtonwa.gov/city_departments/police.html
As I scan through, approx 2/3 down the page, under the heading "How do I obtain a Concealed Pistol Permit?" I see the following "gem":
Quote (Content is theirs, format mangling, if any, is mine)
The King County Sheriff's Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The Maple Valley office (located at 22300 SE 231st Street in Maple Valley) issues new Concealed Pistol Permits by appointment only. You must call first to make the appointment at 206-477-6446. For replacements or renewals, no appointment is necessary. The KCSO accepts check or money order only.
End quote
Pay special attention to the last sentence. The one that ends "...accepts check or money order only."
Cash isn't any good anymore?
So I go looking at RCW 9.41.070 on one of the ".wa.gov" websites, thinking I remember seeing something about payment methods. I also need a memory-bump on just how much money I need to take along. Sure enough, when I get there, I find:
(6) The nonrefundable fee for the renewal of such license shall be thirty-two dollars. No other branch or unit of government may impose any additional charges on the applicant for the renewal of the license.
<elide breakdown of how the funds get spread around, and subsection 7, which addresses the the price for replacement of a lost or damaged CPL>
(8) Payment shall be by cash, check, or money order at the option of the applicant. Additional methods of payment may be allowed at the option of the issuing authority.
OK, so here's the deal - I've got the cash in hand. For reasons I don't care to go into, I don't do checks. I'm not interested in paying extra to buy a money order. I simply want to renew my CPL. The office I'm supposed to talk to (apparently) doesn't want my cash. I don't really have time (admittedly, due to my own not paying close attention) to dink around arguing with them before I'll either be illegal when I step out the door of my house (I'm close enough to a school for the legislative stupidity known as the GFSZ to bite me in the hindquarters) or I'll be needing to pay late fees if there's too much of a "scuffle" about it. At the same time, the law is there, in black and white: Cash, check, or money order *AT THE OPTION OF THE APPLICANT*.
What's my most reasonable next move?
So the other day, I'm looking at my permission slip (CPL), and realize that I probably should have done the renewal paperwork last month sometime, as it expires in April. So I go looking for info on how to do the renewal now that I'm actually in an incorporated city (When I initially got it, I was in "unincorporated King County", and ended up going through the KCSO in downtown Seattle)
So I go looking, and find http://www.covingtonwa.gov/city_departments/police.html
As I scan through, approx 2/3 down the page, under the heading "How do I obtain a Concealed Pistol Permit?" I see the following "gem":
Quote (Content is theirs, format mangling, if any, is mine)
The King County Sheriff's Office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The Maple Valley office (located at 22300 SE 231st Street in Maple Valley) issues new Concealed Pistol Permits by appointment only. You must call first to make the appointment at 206-477-6446. For replacements or renewals, no appointment is necessary. The KCSO accepts check or money order only.
End quote
Pay special attention to the last sentence. The one that ends "...accepts check or money order only."
Cash isn't any good anymore?
So I go looking at RCW 9.41.070 on one of the ".wa.gov" websites, thinking I remember seeing something about payment methods. I also need a memory-bump on just how much money I need to take along. Sure enough, when I get there, I find:
(6) The nonrefundable fee for the renewal of such license shall be thirty-two dollars. No other branch or unit of government may impose any additional charges on the applicant for the renewal of the license.
<elide breakdown of how the funds get spread around, and subsection 7, which addresses the the price for replacement of a lost or damaged CPL>
(8) Payment shall be by cash, check, or money order at the option of the applicant. Additional methods of payment may be allowed at the option of the issuing authority.
OK, so here's the deal - I've got the cash in hand. For reasons I don't care to go into, I don't do checks. I'm not interested in paying extra to buy a money order. I simply want to renew my CPL. The office I'm supposed to talk to (apparently) doesn't want my cash. I don't really have time (admittedly, due to my own not paying close attention) to dink around arguing with them before I'll either be illegal when I step out the door of my house (I'm close enough to a school for the legislative stupidity known as the GFSZ to bite me in the hindquarters) or I'll be needing to pay late fees if there's too much of a "scuffle" about it. At the same time, the law is there, in black and white: Cash, check, or money order *AT THE OPTION OF THE APPLICANT*.
What's my most reasonable next move?