[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR31.26]

[Page 368-369]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
          Subtitle A--Office of the Secretary of Transportation
 
PART 31_PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  31.26  Filing, form, and service of papers.

    (a) Filing and form. (1) A party filing any document under this part 
shall submit (i) the original and two copies to the Docket Clerk, 
Documentary Services Division (C-55), room 4107, Department of 
Transportation, 400 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20590; and (ii) two 
copies simultaneously to the ALJ or, if on appeal, to the authority 
head. The requirements of this paragraph apply to all filings under this 
part, regardless of whether there is a cross-reference to Sec.  31.26.
    (2) Every pleading and paper filed in the proceeding shall contain a 
caption setting forth the title of the action, the case number assigned 
by the Docket Clerk, and a designation of the paper (e.g., motion to 
quash subpoena).
    (3) Every pleading and paper shall be signed by, and shall contain 
the address and telephone nunber of, the party or the person on whose 
behalf the paper was filed, or his or her representative.
    (4) Papers are considered filed when they are mailed. Date of 
mailing may

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be established by a certificate from the party or its representative or 
by proof that the document was sent by certified or registered mail.
    (b) Service. A party filing a document shall, at the time of filing, 
serve a copy of such document on every other party. Service upon any 
party of any document other than those required to be served as 
prescribed in Sec.  31.8 shall be made by delivering a copy, or by 
placing a copy of the document in the United States mail, postage 
prepaid and addressed, to the party's last known address. When a party 
is represented by a representative, service shall be made upon such 
representative in lieu of the actual party.
    (c) Proof of service. A certificate of the individual serving the 
document by personal delivery or by mail, setting forth the manner of 
service, shall be proof of service.