Governor Jay Nixon and Director of Revenue Karen King Mitchell announced Tuesday that penalities normally assessed for late transactions at local license offices will be waived for customers affected by the recent ice storms.

Offices in Alton, Caruthersville, Chaffee, Charleston, Dexter, Doniphan, Gainesville, Kennett, Malden, Mountain View, New Madrid, Popular Bluff, Sikeston, Thayer, Van Buren, West Plains and Willow Springs are all  waived of late transaction fees.

The waiver only applies to people who were unable to get to one of these offices from January 26 to February 4, or can't get to an office between today and February 6. The types of fees the Department of Revenue is waiving are pentalities for not renewing a vehicle's license plate and not obtaining a vehicle's title within 30 days of the vehicle's purchase.

Mitchell says, because of the ongoing consequences of the storm local office managers can apply for penalty waivers through next week if there is still a need.