Code of Maine Rules
29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Chapter 2 - RULES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
Section 250-2-6 - Default
Universal Citation: 29 ME Code Rules ยง 250-2-6
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
1. If a party who requested a hearing fails to appear at the hearing, the hearing request shall be dismissed. If within ten days following the dismissal a party submits information demonstrating good cause for the failure to appear, the request for hearing may be reinstated, at the discretion of the Hearing Examiner.
2. Good cause. The following circumstances constitute good cause for the purpose of Subsection 1:
A. a death or serious illness in the
family;
B. a personal injury or
illness which reasonably prevents the party from attending the
hearing;
C. an emergency or
unforeseen event which reasonably prevents the party from attending the
hearing;
D. an obligation or
responsibility which a reasonable person in the conduct of his or her affairs
could reasonably conclude takes precedence over attendance at the
hearing;
E. lack of receipt of
adequate or timely notice; or
F.
excusable neglect, excusable inadvertence, or excusable mistake.
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