Hello,
I’m sure a lor of people might want to just tear me apart for getting the DWI in the first place. I assure you I was younger and much more foolish then than I am now. So my situation seems to have escalated a year after sentencing. I was asked to pay 1000 dollars over the course of a year for NJ and 250 dollars per year for three years to the state of NY where the misdemeanor ruling was given.
Today one year after starting to pay the thousand dollar surcharge to NJ they added another thousand dollars to my balance. My questions are as follows:

1. Am I supposed to be paying these surcharges in both states? (NJ is supposed to be based on points and they have not added any points to my record.Also, the crime wasn’t committed here so why am I being charged here, there was no hearing or anything in NJ)

2. Is it worth spending my time and effort trying to get these surcharges dropped? ( My case was ruled as a conditional discharge which according to my lawyer meant a clean record in a year.)

Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have paid my dues, so please only helpful answers.

Thanks.
John E, thank you for your insightful comment really. No offense intended but i didn’t kill or hurt anyone, but i have realized my errors and have not once done it again.

I was in an auto accident, the police came but didn’t make a report because we both said we weren’t hurt and all she had was a small crack in the bumper. we are both insured but she didn’t want to go through insurance. I tapped her bumper from behind because she made a right turn and once I saw it was clear I made my right turn on a green light. As soon as I turned the corner she was stopped there and I couldn’t stop my car in time so I hit her bumper. The police said it was minor under 0 in damages on her 2000 mitsubishi gallant, her estiamte came to 8 plus rental car total of 6. My dad won’t let me claim with insurance he thinks we will lose our discounts. Should I have a lawyer review my claim relase form I’m sending to her to sign before I pay her? I got a claim release from off a legal form website…I’m worried this lady is shady, but we can’t afford increased premiums. I have Geico in CA, does anyone know there claim threshold for surcharges?
I was not driving fast for road conditions…Se slammed on her brakes and stopped for no apparent reason, I never drive fast and I don’t tailgate this was just an unfortunate accident

My husband received a dwi or dui about 3 years ago and he’s already paid his surcharges and everything is pretty much done, however he’s having lots of trouble finding a good job because of his bad record. He did have an open container when he got charged, please does anyone know or been through the same and got it expunged? Please suggest somebody good and do you know how much it costs to do this?