Rule 10.020.Preparation and Delivery of the Record on Review

Once a petition is served on the DMV, the agency prepares the record of the proceeding. That record includes a transcription of the oral proceedings, or the agreed portion of them if the parties have stipulated to shorten the record, and all exhibits introduced and made part of the record at the hearing. The DMV must serve certified true copies on the petitioner and on the Attorney General.

The record is due to the trial court administrator within 30 days of service of the petition for review, accompanied by proof of service. The court may extend that time on good cause shown. A court may adopt a supplementary local rule describing how and in what form the record must be submitted, and a record submitted in paper form must be the original record rather than a copy.

Assembly follows a set pattern. An index of contents comes first, and the pages are numbered consecutively at the bottom center. A paper record must be securely fastened in a suitable cover or folder showing, on the outside, the title and agency number of the case, the name of the administrative law judge, and the date and location of the hearing. A record filed electronically must include a cover sheet carrying that same information.

The record goes home at the end. When the court has entered judgment and the period for appeal has passed without an appeal, the court returns a paper record to the agency unless it directs otherwise.