Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-1-216 - Service of pleadings

(a) Manner of service of papers. Notices, motions, pleadings, or other papers may be served by any of the following means:

(1) Hand delivery;

(2) United States mail;

(3) restricted mail;

(4) overnight courier;

(5) facsimile machine if the original of the facsimile document is also served; or

(6) electronic delivery in a format acceptable to the commission, if a signed, original hard copy of the document delivered electronically is also served.

(b) Who shall be served. All parties and attorneys who have entered their appearances in any proceeding shall be served with all notices, motions, pleadings, orders, or other papers filed in this matter. Service upon an attorney of record shall be deemed to be service upon the party represented by the attorney.

(1) Service by commission. Orders, formal complaints to which a docket number has been assigned, supplemental complaints that have been permitted by the commission, and amended complaints that have been permitted by the commission, shall be served by the commission. Each complainant shall supply the commission with a sufficient number of copies of the complaint to enable the commission to serve one copy upon each defendant and retain the signed original and seven copies for its own use, together with any other copies that may be required by the commission. Notices shall be served either by the commission or as directed by the commission.

(2) Service by parties. Pursuant to K.S.A. 77-519 and amendments thereto, except as stated above in paragraph (b)(1), parties shall be required to serve all documents in accordance with the procedures outlined in subsection (a).

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 82-1-216

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 66-106 and 77-519; effective Jan. 1, 1966; amended Feb. 15, 1977; amended July 23, 1990; amended Oct. 10, 2003.