Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters
PART 20—RULES OF PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND EVIDENCE FOR FORMAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COAST GUARD
Subpart C—Pleadings and Motions
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§ 20.304 Service of documents.
(a) The ALJ shall serve upon each party to the proceeding a copy of each document issued by the ALJ in it. The ALJ shall serve upon each interested person, as determined under §20.404, a copy of the notice of hearing. Unless this part provides otherwise, the ALJ shall upon request furnish to each such interested person a copy of each document filed with the Hearing Docket Clerk or issued by the ALJ.
(b) Unless the ALJ orders otherwise, each person filing a document with the Hearing Docket Clerk shall serve upon each party a copy of it.
(c) If a party filing a document must serve a copy of it upon each party, each copy must bear a certificate of service, signed by or on behalf of the filing party, stating that she or he has so served it. The certificate shall be in substantially the following form:
I hereby certify that I have served the foregoing document[s] upon the following parties (or their designated representatives) to this proceeding at the addresses indicated by [specify the method]:
(1) [name, address of party]
(2) [name, address of party]
Done at __________, this ____ day of ______, 19__ or 20__.
[Signature]
For
[Capacity].
(d) This table describes how to serve filed documents.
Table 20.304(D)_How To Serve Filed Documents------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acceptable methods of Type of filed document service------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Complaint............................. (i) Certified mail, return receipt requested. (ii) Personal delivery. (iii) Express-courier service that has receipt capability.(2) Default Motion........................ (i) Certified mail, return receipt requested. (ii) Personal delivery. (iii) Express-courier service that has receipt capability.(3) Answer................................ (i) Mail. (ii) Personal delivery. (iii) Express-courier service. (iv) Fax.(4) Any other filed document.............. (i) Mail. (ii) Personal delivery. (iii) Express-courier service. (iv) Fax. (v) Other electronic means (at the discretion of the ALJ).------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(e)(1) Unless the ALJ orders otherwise, if a party files a document under §20.302, the party must serve a copy to the person indicated in this table.
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Table 20.304(e)_Who Receives Copies of Filed Documents---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If a party_ Then the serving party must serve_----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Is represented............................. The counsel or other representative.Is not represented......................... The party.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(2) Service upon counsel or representative constitutes service upon the person to be served.
(f) The serving party must send service copies to the address indicated in this table.
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Table 20.304(f)_Where To Send Service Copies------------------------------------------------------------------------ Then the serving party must If the party_ send the copies to_------------------------------------------------------------------------Is represented......................... The address of the counsel or representative.Is not represented..................... The last known address of the residence or principal place of business of the person to be served.------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(g) This table describes when service of a filed document is complete.
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Table 20.304(g)_When Service Is Complete------------------------------------------------------------------------ Then service is complete when theIf method of service used is_ document is_------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Personal delivery (i) Handed to the person to be served. (Complaint or Default (ii) Delivered to the person's office Motion). during business hours. (iii) Delivered to the person's residence and service made to a person of suitable age and discretion residing at the individual's residence.(2) Personal delivery (all (i) Handed to the person to be served. other filed documents). (ii) Delivered to the person's office during business hours. (iii) Delivered to the person's residence and deposited in a conspicuous place.(3) Certified Mail or express- (i) Delivered to the person's residence courier (Complaint or and signed for by a person of suitable Default Motion). age and discretion residing at the individual's residence. (ii) Delivered to the person's office during business hours and signed for by a person of suitable age and discretion.(4) Mail or express-courier (i) Mailed (postmarked). service (all other filed (ii) Deposited with express-courier documents). service.(5) Fax or other electronic Transmitted. means.------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(h) If a person refuses to accept delivery of any document or fails to claim a properly addressed document other than a complaint sent under this subpart, the Coast Guard considers the document served anyway. Service is valid at the date and the time of mailing, of deposit with a contract service or express-courier service, or of refusal to accept delivery.
[CGD 98–3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999; 64 FR 34540, June 28, 1999, as amended by USCG–2000–7223, 65 FR 40054, June 29, 2000]
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