In Re Donnelly

N.C.G.S. 20-23 provides that “The Department is authorized to suspend or revoke the license of any resident of this State upon receiving notice of the conviction of such person in another state of amy offense therein which, if committed in this State, would be grounds for the suspension or -revocation of -the license. . . .” Such authority to suspend a driver’s license may be exercised either “with or without preliminary 'hearing.” -G.S. 20-16 (-a) (7). A forfeiture of -bail or collateral deposited to -secure a -defendant’s appearance in .court is, for the purposes -of the foregoing sections,…