Section 481.11.6. Service and filing of documents.

         11.6(1) When service is required. Every pleading, motion, or other document filed in the contested case proceeding shall be served on each of the parties to the proceeding, including the agency. Except for an application for rehearing as provided in rule 481—11.14(17A) and Iowa Code subsection 17A.16(2), the party filing a document is responsible for service on all parties.

         11.6(2) Methods of performing service. Service upon a party represented in the contested case proceeding by an attorney shall be made upon the attorney unless otherwise ordered. Service is made by delivering, mailing, or transmitting by facsimile (fax) or by electronic mail (e-mail) a copy to the party or attorney at the party’s or attorney’s last-known mailing address, fax number, or e-mail address. Service by first-class mail is complete upon mailing. Service by fax or electronic mail is complete upon transmission unless the party making service learns that the attempted service did not reach the person to be served.

         11.6(3) Filing with the division. Every pleading, motion, or other document in the contested case proceeding shall be filed with the division. All documents that are required to be served upon a party shall be filed simultaneously with the division.

            a.               Except where otherwise provided by law, a document is deemed filed with the division at the time it is:

             (1)             Delivered to the division at the Wallace State Office Building, Third Floor, 502 East Ninth Street, Des Moines, Iowa, and date-stamped received;

             (2)             Delivered to an established courier service for immediate delivery to the division;

             (3)             Mailed to the division by first-class mail or by state interoffice mail so long as there is adequate proof of mailing; or

             (4)             Transmitted by facsimile (fax) to [phone], by electronic mail (e-mail) to [e-mail], or by other electronic means approved by the division, as provided in subrule 11.6(3), paragraph “b.”

            b.               All documents filed with the division pursuant to these rules, except a person’s written appeal pursuant to rule 481—11.2(724), may be filed by facsimile (fax), electronic mail (e-mail), or other electronic means approved by the division. A document filed by fax, e-mail, or other approved electronic means is presumed to be an accurate reproduction of the original. If a document filed by fax, e-mail, or other approved electronic means is illegible, a legible copy may be substituted and the date of filing shall be the date the illegible copy was received. The date of filing by fax, e-mail, or other approved electronic means shall be the date the document is received by the division. The division will not provide a mailed file-stamped copy of documents filed by fax, e-mail, or other approved electronic means.

         11.6(4) Proof of mailing. Adequate proof of mailing includes the following:

            a.               A legible United States postal service postmark on the envelope;

            b.               A certificate of service;

            c.               A notarized affidavit; or

            d.               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 Department of Inspections and Appeals, Administrative Hearings Division, Wallace State Office Building, Third Floor, 502 East Ninth Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, 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.
	(date)	(signature)

This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 724.21A.

[ARC 9299B, IAB 12/29/10, effective 1/1/11; ARC 9400B, IAB 3/9/11, effective 4/13/11; ARC 1993C, IAB 5/27/15, effective 7/1/15]