Jalisco’s offer of a 15% discount on the yearly refrendo (yearly auto sticker) payment has come and gone as of February 3. A 10-percent discount is in effect through the end of February and a five-percent discount in March. After March 31 car owners must pay the 476-peso fee before fines begin to mount at the end of June. Payment can be made at any of 135 state recaudadora offices open 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. In the metro area and until 2:30 p.m. in other municipalities. Lines may be long (1/2-2 hours) so go early and take a something to read with you to avoid boredom. To find a list of recaudadora offices nearest you go to http://sepaf.jalisco.gob.mx and at the right of the site click on the image at right. Where to pay If you pay at the recaudadora, you will get your tarjeta de circulation and your window sticker immediately. If you’d rather pay at your bank or Oxxo (fewer lines than the recaudadora) you can print out a payment sheet from the same website, but expect to wait months for the sticker and tarjeta de circulacion to arrive at your domicle. This newspaper had to go down to the city’s main recaudadora last year and have them search for the documents, which were never delivered as promised. A copy of your receipt kept in your glove box will suffice in lieu of the tarjeta in any dealings with transit police, but after a certain point in the year, you risk being stopped for not having the sticker. To print out your payment sheet, at the website, scroll down to the image above and click. At the next window (see right) type in your plate number and then the last 5 digits of your car’s serial (VIN) number, which can be found on your previous tarjeta de circulacion, and click on Consultar. A list of any parking and traffic fines will be included with your refrendo charge and sort-of-obligatory 40-peso Red Cross fee. (See image at right) Click on TODO and a total will show up. Then where it says Eliga un banco para pagar (see image above), hold down the cursor and move it to generate un formato de pago and then click on PAGAR. Save the PDF file (see image at right), print it and with it pay at any of the options listed: seven different banks, Oxxo, 7-11, Comercial Mexicana and the Telegraph office. According to a legend at the bottom of this form, three days after payment is made, you can solicit the tax office to deliver your paperwork to your address by returning to the website. Good luck!
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