(1)
When service required.
Except where otherwise provided by law, every pleading, motion, document, or
other paper filed in a contested case proceeding and every paper relating to
discovery in such a proceeding shall be served upon each of the parties of
record to the proceeding, including the person designated as advocate or
prosecutor for the state or the agency, simultaneously with their filing.
Except for the original notice of hearing and an application for rehearing as
provided in Iowa Code section
17A.16(2), the
party filing a document is responsible for service on all parties.
(2)
Service -how
made. 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, so long as there is proof of mailing.
(3)
Filing -when
required. After the notice of hearing, all pleadings, motions,
documents or other papers in a contested case proceeding shall be filed with
the Alcoholic Beverages Division, 1918 S.E. Hulsizer Road, Ankeny, Iowa
50021-3941. All pleadings, motions, documents or other papers that are required
to be served upon a party shall be filed simultaneously with the
division.
(4)
Filing -when made. Except where otherwise
provided by law, a document is deemed filed at the time it is delivered to the
division, 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. Parties may file documents with
the division by electronic transmission. Filing by electronic transmission is
complete upon transmission unless the party making the filing learns that the
attempted filing did not reach the division.
(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 Alcoholic Beverages Division, 1918 S.E. Hulsizer Road, Ankeny,
Iowa 50021-3941, 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)
(6)
Facsimile. In
appropriate cases, a facsimile copy may be filed with approval of the division
with subsequent mailing of the original.