2127 - Hearings.

§ 2127. Hearings.  A  person aggrieved by an act or omission to act of  the commissioner under this  article  is  entitled  to  a  hearing.  The  commissioner  shall  grant a hearing to an applicant therefor as soon as  practicable, except that  if  a  certificate  of  title  is  temporarily  suspended,  within  ten days after receipt of a written request for such  hearing.  No hearing shall be required because of  the  refusal  of  the  commissioner  to  issue  a  certificate  of  title  in  a case where the  commissioner determines that a request for such hearing is frivolous  or  based upon sham. The applicant may be heard in person or by counsel. The  hearing  shall  be  at  such  time  and  place as the commissioner shall  prescribe. The commissioner acting by such  officer  or  person  in  the  department  of  motor vehicles as he may designate, shall have the power  to temporarily omit to take any action  under  this  article  pending  a  hearing  and  to  subpoena  and  bring  before  the officer or person so  designated any person in this state and administer an oath to  and  take  testimony  of  any  person  or cause his deposition to be taken with the  same fees and mileage in  the  same  manner  as  prescribed  by  law  in  judicial procedure in courts of this state in civil cases.