(a)  Any person aggrieved by an order of the director of revenue pertaining to either a suspension, revocation, or denial of an application for a permit may appeal from the order of the director by filing a notice of request for review of the director’s order with the sixth division of the district court pursuant to the procedures set forth in § 42-35-15.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 31-38-17

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b)  The filing of a petition to review shall not operate as a stay of the order of the director of revenue and the order shall remain in full force and effect during the pendency of the review.

History of Section.
P.L. 1977, ch. 14, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 453, § 12; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, art. 5, § 14; P.L. 2008, ch. 98, § 26; P.L. 2008, ch. 145, § 26.