§ 31-31-2 - Appeals from division of motor vehicles. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-31-2

   § 31-31-2  Appeals from division of motorvehicles. – Any person aggrieved by any decision, or order, of the division of motorvehicles, made pursuant to the provisions of chapters 31 – 33 of thistitle may appeal it to the traffic tribunal by filing, within ten (10) daysfrom the date of the notice to the person of the issuance of the decision, ororder, appealed from, a petition in that court stating the ground upon whichthe appeal is taken. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall givethirty (30) days' notice of the pendency of it to the division of motorvehicles by serving the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, in themanner in which subpoenas in equity are served, with a certified copy of thepetition and the petition shall follow the course of equity so far as isapplicable. Upon hearing the petition the court may review the evidence takenat a hearing, or investigator's reports, or other information upon which thedivision's action was taken and may, in its discretion, affirm or reverse ormodify the decision or order, of the division of motor vehicles in whole or inpart. The court shall determine whether the filing of the petition shalloperate as a stay of the order or act of the administrator of the division ofmotor vehicles. A party aggrieved by a final order of the court may seekappellate review of it pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 31-41.1-8.