Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1536 (2026)

Notice of assignment of points.

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§ 1536. Notice of assignment of points.

Whenever points are assigned to a driver's record, the department shall send to that person at his last known address a letter of notice pointing out the fact and emphasizing the nature and effects of the point system. Failure to receive such letter shall not prevent the suspension of the operating privilege pursuant to this subchapter.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1982–1989 · leading case: Faulstick v. Commonwealth, 445 A.2d 554 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1982).

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Faulstick v. Commonwealth, 445 A.2d 554 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1982). “Section 1536 of the Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1536 mandates that when points are assigned to a driver’s rec *532 ord5 notice of that fact shall be given to the driver.”

Howarth v. Commonwealth, 555 A.2d 285 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989). “On October 14, 1981, DOT notified Licensee that his license was being suspended for a period of one year pursuant to Section 1536 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1536, as a result of the accumulation of eleven points against his driving record.”

Commonwealth v. Suchko, 499 A.2d 738 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1985). “75 Pa. C. S. §1536. Unlike the notice of suspension, which Suchko admitted to •having eventually received, Suchko never admitted to having received the notice of point accumulation.”

Commonwealth v. McClure, 32 Pa. D. & C.3d 144 (1984). “Accordingly, petitioner maintains that the Commonwealth has failed to prove that written notice of the Department’s action in assessing points was forwarded to the petitioner as required by the Vehicle Code at 75 Pa. C.S. §1536, which provides: “Whenever points are assigned to a…”

Commonwealth, Dep't of Transp. v. Petrucelli, 543 A.2d 213 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1988). “75 Pa. C. S. §1536. We have held that this section does not require that the licensee receive the notice, but, that DOT establish that the notice was sent.”

George v. Commonwealth, 520 A.2d 105 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1987). “In his brief, he does not dispute the Department sent him a point assessment letter; his sole contention is he never received it and the three points assessed thereby cannot be used by the Department to base a license suspension under 75 Pa.”

Saviet v. Commonwealth, 558 A.2d 934 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989). “First, DOT failed to send Appellant the statutorily required point letter under Section 1536 of the Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1536, within the requisite six-month period for Code violations committed on August 14, 1980 and February 27, 1981 thus rendering DOT’s point assessments for…”

Commonwealth v. Fundenberg, 561 A.2d 84 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989). “We find that the trial court committed an error of law in requiring the Department to prove that notice was received.”

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