(1)
When service required.
Except where otherwise provided by law, every petition for declaratory order,
petition for intervention, brief, or other paper filed in a proceeding for a
declaratory order shall be served upon each of the parties of record to the
proceeding, and on all other persons identified in the petition for declaratory
order or petition for intervention as affected by or interested in the
questions presented, simultaneously with their filing. The party filing a
document is responsible for service on all parties and other affected or
interested persons.
(2)
Filing -when required. All petitions for
declaratory orders, petitions for intervention, briefs, or other papers in a
proceeding for a declaratory order shall be filed with the Director's Office,
Department of Administrative Services, Hoover State Office Building, Third
Floor, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, Attn: Legal Counsel. All petitions, briefs, or
other papers that are required to be served upon a party shall be filed
simultaneously with the department.
(3)
Method of service.
Petitions for declaratory orders, petitions for intervention, and every
document relating to such petitions shall be served upon the
department and
each known party simultaneously with their filing. The party filing a document
is responsible for
service on
all parties.
Service upon a party represented by an attorney shall be made
upon the attorney unless otherwise ordered. Service is made by delivery or by
mailing a copy to the person's last-known address. Service by mail is complete
upon mailing, except where otherwise specifically provided by statute, rule, or
order.
(4)
Filing -when made. Except where otherwise
provided by law, a document is deemed filed at the time it is delivered to the
Director's Office, Department of Administrative Services, Hoover State Office
Building, Third Floor, Des Moines, Iowa 50319; delivered to an established
courier service for immediate delivery to that office; or mailed by first-class
mail or state interoffice mail to that office, so long as there is proof of
mailing.
(5)
Proof of
mailing. Proof of mailing includes either: a legible United States
Postal
Service postmark on the envelope, a certificate of
service, a notarized
affidavit, or a certification in substantially the following form:
I certify under penalty of perjury and pursuant to the laws
of Iowa that, on (date of mailing), I mailed copies of (describe document)
addressed to the (agency office and address) and to the names and addresses of
the parties listed below by depositing the same in (a United States post office
mailbox with correct postage properly affixed or state interoffice
mail).
(Date)
(Signature)
