(a) If the director refuses to issue or suspends or revokes a statement of ownership, the director shall give, by certified mail, written notice of that action to:
(1) the seller and purchaser or transferor and transferee, as applicable; and
(2) the holder of a lien or security interest of record.
(b) An action by the director under Subsection (a) is a contested case under Chapter 2001, Government Code.
(c) A notice of appeal and request for hearing must be filed with the director not later than the 30th day after the date of notice of the director's action. If appeal is not timely made, the revocation or suspension described in the notice of the director's action becomes final.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 408 (H.B. 2019), Sec. 85(4), eff. September 1, 2017.