Ariz. Admin. Code § R2-19-108 - Filing Documents
A. Docket. The
Office shall open a docket for each matter upon receipt of a request for
hearing. All documents filed in a matter with the Office shall be date stamped
on the day received by the Office and entered in the docket.
B. Definition. "Documents" include papers
such as complaints, answers, motions, responses, notices, and briefs.
C. Form. A party shall state on the document
the name and address of each party served and how service was made pursuant to
subsection (E). A document shall contain the agency's caption and the Office's
docket number.
D. Signature. A
document filed with the Office shall be signed by the party or the party's
attorney. A signature constitutes a certification that the signer has read the
document, has a good faith basis for submission of the document, and that it is
not filed for the purpose of delay or harassment.
E. Filing and service. A copy of a document
filed with the Office shall be served on all parties. Filing with the Office
and service shall be completed by personal delivery; 1st-class, certified or
express mail; facsimile; electronically when filed through the Office's
electronic submission system; or as ordered by an administrative law judge. A
copy of a document filed with the Office shall be served on all
parties.
F. Date of filing and
service. A document is filed with the Office on the date it is received by the
Office, as established by the Office's date stamp on the face of the document, or by the date and time shown on the electronically filed document or docket
entry when filed through the Office's electronic filing system. A copy of a
document is served on a party as follows:
1.
On the date it is personally served.
2. Five days after it is mailed by express or
1st class mail.
3. On the date of
the return receipt if it is mailed by certified mail.
4. On the date indicated on the facsimile
transmission or email.
5. On the
date and time shown on the electronically filed document or docket entry when
served electronically on a party through the Office's electronic submission
system.
Notes
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