Wanda Halbert leaves behind car title backlog, new clerk says

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 09, 2026 2:40 PM CT | Published: September 09, 2026 2:33 PM CT

After a week in office, Shelby County Clerk LaSonya Hall says she has founded dozens of crates of car titles and registrations awaiting processing — some dating back to June.

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LaSonya Harris Hall Shelby County Clerk Shelby County Commission Shante Avant Michele Dial Miska Clay Bibbs

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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