The final orders and rulings of the department wherein any person’s license is denied, canceled, suspended, or revoked or wherein any person’s commercial driver license or temporary commercial instruction permit is downgraded shall be reviewable in the manner and within the time provided by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure only by a writ of certiorari issued by the circuit court in the county wherein such person shall reside, in the manner prescribed by the Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, any provision in chapter 120 to the contrary notwithstanding.
Fla. Stat. § 322.31
Right of review
Known as the Florida Nonresident Violator Compact Act
The act spans §§ 322–322 (119 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Department of Highway Safety & Motor v. Hagar (1991)
Most recently applied in State, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. Lopez (March 2016)
History.--s. 43, ch. 19551, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 4151(657); s. 43, ch. 20451, 1941; s. 1, ch. 59-95; s. 1, ch. 59-278; s. 5, ch. 61-457; s. 18, ch. 63-512; s. 20, ch. 78-95; s. …
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