Opinion ID: 852254
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Appropriateness of the Extension of Time to File Belated Agency Record

Text: The first issue is whether AOPA requires a court to deny a petition for extension of time to file the record when the petition is filed after the time for filing the extension has expired. It does. AOPA provides the exclusive means for judicial review of a final agency action. I.C. § 4-21.5-5-1. Section 5 requires that the aggrieved petitioner file a petition with the trial court within thirty days of service of the final agency action. I.C. § 4-21.5-5-5. Section 13 addresses the subsequent requirement to file the record: (a) Within thirty (30) days after the filing of the petition, or within further time allowed by the trial court or by other law, the petitioner shall transmit to the court the original or a certified copy of the agency record for judicial review of the agency action ... (b) ... Failure to file the record within the time permitted by this subsection, including any extension period ordered by the court, is cause for dismissal of the petition for review by the court, on its own motion, or on petition of any party of record to the proceeding.