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Driving home from Maine on June 27th (about one and a half months ago), I passed (briefly) through New York City, and entered Manhattan by the Henry Hudson Bridge. Signs indicated that I would have my license plate photographed and receive a toll bill for $5.50 in the mail. The bill never arrived. Will there be a consequence to not paying the toll if I ever drive through New York again? Is there a way to deal with this online?

EDIT: My car is leased, and the bill went to the leasing company - this possibility (or that it would be relevant at all) did not occur to me because I assumed it would be sent based on the name of the registration rather than the name of the actual owner. I was able to pay the toll by calling in to the number given in the answer.

EDIT2: I eventually received a bill anyway, in October. I could not log in on the tolls by mail website, so I assumed it had cleared itself up. I lost track of the second bill in holiday season chaos, and eventually had to call by phone again to resolve the issue. Fortunately, I had kept the confirmation number from my original payment, but to anyone else in this situation I would recommend not attempting as I did to pay over the phone without having received a bill - you will be billed eventually.

Random832
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After crossing the Henry Hudson Bridge without an E-ZPass, you normally should receive a toll bill within 30 days.

However, you might not have received one if the address of your vehicle registration is not your current address, or if the equipment at the toll plaza was malfunctioning when you drove through.

If you didn't receive a toll bill, you should call 1-800-333-8655. The E-ZPass Customer Service Center can look up any outstanding toll bills you may have by license plate number and resend the bill to you. Of course, if they have no record of your crossing the bridge, you don't need to do anything else...

Note that if you don't pay the bill within 30 days after its mailing date, an additional ~ $5 late fee is added to it, and after 60 days another $50 violation fee. The bill can also be sent to a collection agency, which could affect your credit rating, so it's a good idea to take care of this quickly.

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The bill is not sent to the credit bureaus. I know that, l was in the situation. Lots of vehicles are registered on company names, companies do not have a credit bureau reporting protocol. I was personally told by the collection agency:" we do not report it to credit bureaus".

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