Joseph L. Bradshaw, Appellant v. State of Alaska, Department of Administration, Division of Motor Vehicles, And…

Summary

The court affirmed summary judgment for the State, holding that the ten-year statute of limitations does not bar the DMV from imposing an administrative reinstatement fee because the DMV was not asserting a cause of action or seeking judicial relief. It also held that the statutory ten-year period looks to whether the license remained in a status of suspension during that period, rather than only to the date of the original suspension. Because Bradshaw's license was still suspended when he applied for reinstatement in 2007, the $100 fee was properly required.