OPINION BY
Judge COHN.
Before the Court is the Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Driver Licensing’s (Bureau) appeal of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County sustaining the statutory appeal of Curtis John Kovalesky (Licensee). Licensee had appealed his one-year license suspension pursuant to Section 1532(b)(3) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1532(b)(3),1 and Article IV(a)(2) of the Driver’s License Compact (Compact), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1581.2 Numerous issues were [28]*28raised on appeal. However, because we determine that nunc pro tunc relief was not warranted, we need not decide the other issues.
On April 24, 2002, Licensee, a Pennsylvania resident, was convicted in West Virginia of driving while under the influence of a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of 21, W. Va.Code § 17C-5-2(h) (2002). Thereafter, West Virginia notified the Bureau of the conviction by sending a conviction report. Consequently, on July 9, 2002, the Bureau issued a notice to Licensee indicating that his license was suspended pursuant to Article III of the Compact, because the West Virginia offense was similar to Section 3731 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731 (relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance). Pursuant to this notice, Licensee voluntarily surrendered his license to the Bureau on August 8, 2002. Nearly two months later, on October 31, 2002, Licensee filed a petition to appeal the suspension nunc pro tunc.
In support of his nunc pro tunc petition, Licensee had attached the following documents: 1) a notice dated January 30, 2002 from the Licensing Authority of West Virginia indicating that his license was suspended based upon his January 19, 2002 arrest and that he had the right to administrative review of this revocation; 2) a letter dated April 29, 2002, from the prosecuting attorney in the criminal case, which had a copy of the conviction order, dated April 24, 2002, attached to it, in which the court accepted Licensee’s plea of no contest to “the charge of Driving with A Measurable Amount”; 3) a notice from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation indicating that it was suspending his license for one year “[a]s a result of your 4/24/2002 conviction in West Virginia”; 4) an order dated August 30, 2002, from an administrative hearing as to his West Virginia license suspension in which the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles reversed the January order of revocation of his reciprocal motor vehicle privilege on the basis that the state of West Virginia had failed to present any evidence at the administrative hearing; and, 5) a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, dated August 16, 2002, acknowledging receipt of his Pennsylvania driver’s license.
Licensee argued that nunc pro tunc relief was appropriate because there was a “breakdown in the court operation.” Specifically, he argued that the breakdown occurred because, his reciprocal driving privileges in West Virginia had been restored in August 2002 following an administrative appeal and that, consequently, his Pennsylvania drivers’ license, which had been suspended several weeks earlier as a result of the April conviction, should similarly be restored. The trial court, without an opinion or explanation, permitted Licensee to appeal nunc pro tunc.
At a subsequent hearing on the merits of the appeal, Licensee’s counsel argued that, under the Compact, the home state was required to give the same effect to the conviction as the reporting state did: “The licensing authorities of the home state for purposes of suspension, revocation, or limitation of license to operate a motor vehicle [29]*29shall be given the same effect to the conduct reported, and that’s where our argument comes in, Your Honor.” (Transcript of hearing on the merits, p. 12). Licensee, thus, argued that his appeal should be sustained because the charge issued against him at his arrest (driving under the influence) was reduced at the time of his conviction (driving with a measurable amount).3
The trial court sustained the appeal on a different basis, relying on an issue raised sua sponte, concluding that the documents put forth by the Commonwealth should not have been admissible under Tripson v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 773 A.2d 195 (Pa.Cmwlth.2001), petition for allowance of appeal denied, 568 Pa. 690, 796 A.2d 320 (2002). The Bureau appealed to this Court.
Before us, the Bureau argues, inter alia, that the appeal was untimely in that it exceeded the 30-day statutorily prescribed period, thereby depriving the common pleas court of jurisdiction, and that Licensee failed to establish any basis for nunc pro tunc relief. Accordingly, the Bureau argues that the trial court erred in allowing the appeal nunc pro tunc, and, therefore, that the court was without jurisdiction to review the merits of the appeal.
Our precedent is clear that “the thirty day appeal period is jurisdictional.” Commonwealth Department of Transportation., Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Stollsteimer, 156 Pa.Cmwlth. 64, 626 A.2d 1255, 1256 (1993). Failure to bring an appeal within the statutorily prescribed period precludes the common pleas court from exercising subject matter jurisdiction. Hudson v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 830 A.2d 594, 598 (Pa.Cmwlth.2003). As to cases brought outside the 30-day appeal period, a common pleas court may only assume jurisdiction if the party requests to appeal nunc pro tunc and establishes sufficient evidence to merit such an appeal. Stollsteimer. In evaluating the evidence and arguments produced in support of a nunc pro tunc petition, “Courts have no power to permit a licensee to appeal nunc pro tunc, absent fraud or a breakdown in the administrative or judicial process caused through default of its officers.” Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Grasse, 146 Pa. Cmwlth. 17, 606 A.2d 544, 546 (1991). A trial court’s denial of nunc pro tunc relief is appropriate when the licensee presents no evidence to establish a basis for such relief and counsel’s attorney makes statements that, even if substantiated, would not provide a basis for such relief. Stollst-eimer.
In the instant case, Licensee presented no evidence of any breakdown in the administrative or judicial process. The documents presented by Licensee at the hearing to determine whether nunc pro tunc relief was warranted, indicate, on their face, that he had been convicted in West Virginia on April 24, 2002. Licensee acknowledged this conviction at the hearing. The documents also show that the [30]*30Bureau acted upon this conviction in approximately two months, issuing a notice of suspension on July 9, 2002. The notice of suspension unequivocally indicates that Licensee had “the right to appeal this action to the Court of Common Pleas (Civil Division) within 30 days of the mail date....” (Notice of Suspension, p.
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OPINION BY
Judge COHN.
Before the Court is the Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Driver Licensing’s (Bureau) appeal of the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County sustaining the statutory appeal of Curtis John Kovalesky (Licensee). Licensee had appealed his one-year license suspension pursuant to Section 1532(b)(3) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1532(b)(3),1 and Article IV(a)(2) of the Driver’s License Compact (Compact), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1581.2 Numerous issues were [28]*28raised on appeal. However, because we determine that nunc pro tunc relief was not warranted, we need not decide the other issues.
On April 24, 2002, Licensee, a Pennsylvania resident, was convicted in West Virginia of driving while under the influence of a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of 21, W. Va.Code § 17C-5-2(h) (2002). Thereafter, West Virginia notified the Bureau of the conviction by sending a conviction report. Consequently, on July 9, 2002, the Bureau issued a notice to Licensee indicating that his license was suspended pursuant to Article III of the Compact, because the West Virginia offense was similar to Section 3731 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 3731 (relating to driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance). Pursuant to this notice, Licensee voluntarily surrendered his license to the Bureau on August 8, 2002. Nearly two months later, on October 31, 2002, Licensee filed a petition to appeal the suspension nunc pro tunc.
In support of his nunc pro tunc petition, Licensee had attached the following documents: 1) a notice dated January 30, 2002 from the Licensing Authority of West Virginia indicating that his license was suspended based upon his January 19, 2002 arrest and that he had the right to administrative review of this revocation; 2) a letter dated April 29, 2002, from the prosecuting attorney in the criminal case, which had a copy of the conviction order, dated April 24, 2002, attached to it, in which the court accepted Licensee’s plea of no contest to “the charge of Driving with A Measurable Amount”; 3) a notice from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation indicating that it was suspending his license for one year “[a]s a result of your 4/24/2002 conviction in West Virginia”; 4) an order dated August 30, 2002, from an administrative hearing as to his West Virginia license suspension in which the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles reversed the January order of revocation of his reciprocal motor vehicle privilege on the basis that the state of West Virginia had failed to present any evidence at the administrative hearing; and, 5) a letter from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, dated August 16, 2002, acknowledging receipt of his Pennsylvania driver’s license.
Licensee argued that nunc pro tunc relief was appropriate because there was a “breakdown in the court operation.” Specifically, he argued that the breakdown occurred because, his reciprocal driving privileges in West Virginia had been restored in August 2002 following an administrative appeal and that, consequently, his Pennsylvania drivers’ license, which had been suspended several weeks earlier as a result of the April conviction, should similarly be restored. The trial court, without an opinion or explanation, permitted Licensee to appeal nunc pro tunc.
At a subsequent hearing on the merits of the appeal, Licensee’s counsel argued that, under the Compact, the home state was required to give the same effect to the conviction as the reporting state did: “The licensing authorities of the home state for purposes of suspension, revocation, or limitation of license to operate a motor vehicle [29]*29shall be given the same effect to the conduct reported, and that’s where our argument comes in, Your Honor.” (Transcript of hearing on the merits, p. 12). Licensee, thus, argued that his appeal should be sustained because the charge issued against him at his arrest (driving under the influence) was reduced at the time of his conviction (driving with a measurable amount).3
The trial court sustained the appeal on a different basis, relying on an issue raised sua sponte, concluding that the documents put forth by the Commonwealth should not have been admissible under Tripson v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 773 A.2d 195 (Pa.Cmwlth.2001), petition for allowance of appeal denied, 568 Pa. 690, 796 A.2d 320 (2002). The Bureau appealed to this Court.
Before us, the Bureau argues, inter alia, that the appeal was untimely in that it exceeded the 30-day statutorily prescribed period, thereby depriving the common pleas court of jurisdiction, and that Licensee failed to establish any basis for nunc pro tunc relief. Accordingly, the Bureau argues that the trial court erred in allowing the appeal nunc pro tunc, and, therefore, that the court was without jurisdiction to review the merits of the appeal.
Our precedent is clear that “the thirty day appeal period is jurisdictional.” Commonwealth Department of Transportation., Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Stollsteimer, 156 Pa.Cmwlth. 64, 626 A.2d 1255, 1256 (1993). Failure to bring an appeal within the statutorily prescribed period precludes the common pleas court from exercising subject matter jurisdiction. Hudson v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 830 A.2d 594, 598 (Pa.Cmwlth.2003). As to cases brought outside the 30-day appeal period, a common pleas court may only assume jurisdiction if the party requests to appeal nunc pro tunc and establishes sufficient evidence to merit such an appeal. Stollsteimer. In evaluating the evidence and arguments produced in support of a nunc pro tunc petition, “Courts have no power to permit a licensee to appeal nunc pro tunc, absent fraud or a breakdown in the administrative or judicial process caused through default of its officers.” Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Grasse, 146 Pa. Cmwlth. 17, 606 A.2d 544, 546 (1991). A trial court’s denial of nunc pro tunc relief is appropriate when the licensee presents no evidence to establish a basis for such relief and counsel’s attorney makes statements that, even if substantiated, would not provide a basis for such relief. Stollst-eimer.
In the instant case, Licensee presented no evidence of any breakdown in the administrative or judicial process. The documents presented by Licensee at the hearing to determine whether nunc pro tunc relief was warranted, indicate, on their face, that he had been convicted in West Virginia on April 24, 2002. Licensee acknowledged this conviction at the hearing. The documents also show that the [30]*30Bureau acted upon this conviction in approximately two months, issuing a notice of suspension on July 9, 2002. The notice of suspension unequivocally indicates that Licensee had “the right to appeal this action to the Court of Common Pleas (Civil Division) within 30 days of the mail date....” (Notice of Suspension, p. 3). Instead of appealing the decision, the documents indicate that Licensee chose to comply with the decision, surrendering his license to the Department. He does not argue that any of the documents or conduct of the Department was fraudulent. Rather, he now argues that there was a breakdown in the administrative or judicial process because the West Virginia licensing authority, although properly notifying the Department of the conviction, failed to subsequently notify the Department that Licensee’s West Virginia reciprocal driving privileges had been restored.4 He then posits that his Pennsylvania driving privileges should have been restored because his West Virginia reciprocal driving privileges had been restored and, thus, that the failure of the Department to receive notification was a breakdown in the administrative process.
Licensee’s argument is premised on a misunderstanding of the workings of the Compact. The administrative revocation or restoration of reciprocal driv1 ing privileges within the reporting state is not relevant to a license suspension in the home state under the Compact. The basic premise of the Compact is that criminal conduct, resulting in a conviction within the reporting state, is to be treated by the home state as if it had occurred in the latter. It is not a reporting state’s regulatory action as to a licensee’s reciprocal driving privileges in the reporting state that triggers the Compact’s provisions, but the criminal conviction in the reporting state.5 Under Article III, the reporting state is required to provide notice to the [31]*31home state of any criminal convictions for offenses delineated in the Compact. Upon a home state’s receipt of the Article III mandated conviction report from the reporting state, Article TV sets forth the home state’s responsibilities as to the use of the conviction report. Under Article TV, the home state applies its own penalties as if Licensee had been convicted of the analogous Pennsylvania offense.6 Nothing in the language of the Compact requires a reporting state to provide notice to the home state of any civil or regulatory actions initiated within the reporting state as to Licensee’s reciprocal driving privileges within that state. Additionally, even if such notice, although not required, were provided by the reporting state, nothing within the Compact language requires or authorizes the home state to act upon such notice.7 Licensee’s misunderstanding of [32]*32the mechanisms of the reciprocity provisions of the Compact -do not establish “fraud or a breakdown in the administrative or judicial process” as is required to allow a court to authorize an appeal nunc pro tunc. As the appeal was brought beyond the statutorily prescribed appeal period, and as Licensee did not establish an adequate basis to appeal nunc pro tunc, the trial court erred in ruling on the merits of the appeal.
For these reasons, we vacate the common pleas court’s order on the basis of lack of jurisdiction.
ORDER
NOW, March 10, 2004, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County in the above-captioned matter is hereby vacated for lack of jurisdiction.