Man who signs name as God may have to ...
surrender his driver's license.
READING, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation told Paul Sewell in a letter Tuesday that he would have to turn over the license if he didn't provide his birth certificate and Social Security Card to the agency by Feb. 14.
The letter came less than a week after the Berks County Elections Board questioned Sewell's God signature on a voter registration form.
Sewell asked a Berks County Court to intervene in the PennDOT matter.
State law requires a driver to write his usual signature on the license and also states the department can cancel a license if the licensee was not entitled to it if the person gave incorrect information, if the person committed fraud in obtaining the license or if the license has been materially altered.
Sewell, a self-employed bond enforcement agent, has said he signs official documents as God because fugitives always preface their comments with "Oh, God" when he captures them. He said his co-workers thought that was funny and took to calling him God.
In his appeal to the court, he said "I do not know why they are cancelling my driver's license that I have had at age 16. Now I am 40."
He signed his appeal, God.
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