Lewis v. Department of Motor Vehicles

The Department of Motor Vehicles seeks reversal of a superior court decision, holding a department driver’s license revocation order invalid. The superior court found the “sworn report” required by RCW 46.20.308(3) is a prerequisite to department revocation action and an essential element in the department’s prima facie case.

We conclude that the license revocation provisions of RCW 46.20 make submission of the “sworn report” unnecessary in a de novo review by a superior count of the department’s order.

The license revocation provisions are contained in RCW 46.20.308(3), (4), and (5). These…