Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-23-115 - Filing Documents

A. Docket. The Board shall open a docket for each hearing. All documents filed in a matter with the Board shall be date stamped on the day received by the Board 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 under subsection (E). A document shall contain the Board caption and the Board's docket number.

D. Signature. A document filed with the Board 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 Board shall be served on all parties. Filing with the Board office and service shall be completed by personal delivery; first-class, certified, or express mail; or facsimile.

F. Date of filing and service. A document is filed with the Board on the date it is received by the Board office, as established by the Board office's date stamp on the face of the document. 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 first-class or express mail,

3. On the date of the return receipt if it is mailed by certified mail, or

4. On the date indicated on the facsimile transmission.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R4-23-115

New Section made by final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 1132, effective May 1, 2004 (Supp. 04-1).