(1)
Service-upon whom made.
Whenever under these rules nonelectronic service is required or permitted to be
made upon a person or party, such service shall be as follows:
a. Upon any city, or board, commission,
council or agency thereof, by serving the mayor, city clerk, city
administrator, or city personnel officer.
b. Upon any county, or office, board,
commission or agency thereof, by serving the county auditor, the chairperson of
the county board of supervisors, or the county personnel director.
c. Upon any school district or school
corporation, by serving the presiding officer, the secretary of its governing
body, the superintendent, the school business official, or the human resources
director.
d. Upon the state of
Iowa, or board, commission, council, office or agency thereof, by serving the
director of the department of administrative services or the executive director
of the board of regents.
e. Upon
the state judicial department, by serving the state court
administrator.
f. Upon any other
governing body, by serving its presiding officer, clerk, secretary, or
personnel director.
g. Upon an
employee organization, by serving the person designated by the employee
organization to receive service pursuant to 621-subrule 8.4(2) or by service
upon the president or secretary of the employee organization.
h. Upon any other person, by serving that
person or that person's attorney of record.
(2)
Service-how made. Except
as provided in rule
621-3.4 (20) and subrule 2.12(3)
and 621-subrule 4.2(2), whenever nonelectronic service of any document is
permitted or required by these rules, the service shall be sufficient if made
by ordinary mail. If the document served is an initial filing in a proceeding,
the serving party shall also serve with the document an agency-approved
information sheet regarding mandatory electronic filing.
(3)
Proof of service. Where
personal service or service by certified or ordinary mail is permitted or
required by these rules, the serving party shall file the return of personal
service or certified mail return receipt with the agency. Where service by
ordinary mail is permitted under these rules, the serving party shall include
the following or a substantially similar certificate on the original document
filed with the agency:
"I hereby certify that on ___________________________________ I
sent a copy of the foregoing matter to
(date)
the following parties of record or their representatives at the
addresses indicated, by depositing same in a United States mail receptacle with
sufficient postage affixed.
(Signed)
_______________________________________________"
(party or representative)
Unless excepted by 621-subrule 16.4(2), proof of service shall
be filed electronically in accordance with 621-Chapter 16.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code
r. 621-2.15
Amended by
IAB
August 20, 2014/Volume XXXVII, Number 4, effective
9/24/2014
Amended by
IAB
August 30, 2017/Volume XL, Number 5, effective
8/10/2017
Amended by
IAB
May 22, 2019/Volume XLI, Number 24, effective
6/26/2019
Amended by
IAB
May 19, 2021/Volume XLIII, Number 24, effective
6/23/2021
Amended by
IAB
May 3, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 22, effective
6/7/2023
