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§47-7-102.


§47-7-102.
   
   (a) Any order or act of the Commissioner under the provisions of this
   chapter shall be subject to review, at the instance of any party in
   interest, by appeal to the county court of the county in which
   occurred the accident which is the subject of such order or act. Said
   appeal shall be taken by filing a written notice of appeal with the
   Commissioner within ten (10) days after such order is made, and filing
   within ten (10) days thereafter a petition in the county court of said
   county, asking for the vacation or modification of such order, and
   there shall be attached to said petition a copy of the order appealed
   from. All such appeals filed in the county court shall be set for
   hearing by said court within thirty (30) days from the date the
   petition is filed.
   
   (b) In case the person appealing desires to have said order stayed
   during said appeal, he may file with said petition a supersedeas bond
   in a sum of not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and not more
   than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), to be fixed by the court. Said
   bond to be conditioned that said appellant will prosecute said appeal
   without delay and during the pendency thereof shall comply with and
   abide by all the statutes relating to the operation of motor vehicles
   upon the highways of this state, and that the appellant will abide by
   and perform the final judgment of the court therein and, if said
   appeal is denied, the appellant will pay all court costs incurred in
   said appeal, both in the county and district court.
   
   (c) An appeal may be taken from the judgment of the county court by
   either party to the district court. Said appeal to the district court
   shall be taken by the filing of written notice of appeal by either
   party to be filed in the county court within ten (10) days after the
   rendition of said judgment, and filing within twenty (20) days
   thereafter in the district court a complete transcript of the
   proceedings had in said county court, including the testimony taken,
   duly certified by the clerk of said county court, together with the
   order and judgment appealed from. Provided, however, after the filing
   of said appeal in the district court, said court may allow a
   reasonable time to furnish the transcript of testimony and
   proceedings.
   
   (d) In an appeal taken by the Commissioner of Public Safety, the clerk
   of the county court shall furnish a complete transcript of the
   proceedings, including the testimony taken, duly certified, and no fee
   or deposit shall be required by said court clerk.
   
   (e) Said proceedings in the county court and district court shall be
   governed by the code of civil procedure in ordinary civil action, and
   the county court may, in disposing of the issue before it, modify,
   affirm or reverse the order or act of the Commissioner in whole or in
   part.
   
   (f) The district court shall have only appelate jurisdiction of such
   appeal and shall determine from the record whether said county court
   was justified under the law or the evidence presented to render the
   order or judgment so entered, and said district court may affirm or
   reverse said judgment of the county court and return the case to the
   county court for further proceedings.
   
   (g) The Commissioner of Public Safety with his attorney shall file all
   notices of appeal taken from the county court and, at the filing
   thereof, he may request the county attorney of the county in which the
   appeal was taken to assist in all proceedings pertaining to said
   appeal, and said county attorney shall render such service upon
   request.
   

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