Penuel v. Hiatt

ARNOLD, Judge.

The sole issue in this case is whether the superior court had jurisdiction to review the DMV’s denial of petitioner’s request for conditional restoration of his driver’s license pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 2049(e). Respondent DMV argues that since petitioner’s license was originally mandatorily revoked under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-17, petitioner is not entitled to an appeal.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-25 provides statutory authority for judicial review of license revocations by the DMV. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 20-25 in pertinent part provides:

Any person denied a license or whose license has…