(5)
Filing
Format
(a)
Title. Papers filed with an Agency shall be titled with the
name of the Agency, the docket number of the case if known, the
names of the Parties and the nature of the filing.
- Signatures.
Papers filed with an Agency shall be signed and dated by an unrepresented
Party, or by a Party's Authorized Representative and shall state
the address and telephone number of the Person signing the document.
Such signature constitutes the signer’s certification that he
has read the document and knows the content thereof, that statements
contained therein are believed to be true, that it is not interposed
for delay and that if the document has been signed by an Authorized
Representative that he has full power and authority to do so.
- Designation
of Agency. An Agency designated
as a Party to Adjudicatory Proceedings shall be designated by
its name and not by the individual names of those constituting
the Agency. If while the Adjudicatory Proceeding is pending, a
change of employees occurs within the Agency, the Adjudicatory
Proceeding shall not abate, and no substitution of Parties shall
be necessary.
- Form.
1.
Size and Printing Requirements. All papers filed for
possible inclusion in the record shall be clear and legible
and shall be presented in accordance with the standards of the
Presiding Officer, if any, or on Agency forms whenever available.
2.
Agency Format. An Agency may provide forms to be used
for specific purposes by any Person or Party and use of forms
provided shall be mandatory.
(e)
Maintenance of Files. The papers filed in a given case shall
be consolidated and maintained in an individual folder under a unique
case or docket number with additional copies as the Agency or applicable
statute may require.
(f)
Service of Copies. In addition to filing of any papers with
the Agency, the Party filing papers shall serve a properly addressed
copy on all other Parties to the proceedings, by delivery in hand,
by prepaid U.S. Mail or by Electronic Medium. All papers filed with
the Agency shall be accompanied by a statement certifying the date
copies have been served, specifying the mode of service, the name
of the Party served and the address of service. Papers served by
Electronic Medium shall indicate the date transmitted and the telephone
number or electronic address used for transmittal. Failure to comply
with this rule shall be grounds for the Agency to refuse to accept
papers for filing. The means of service of copies should take no
longer than the means of filing.
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