[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR386.31]

[Page 1036]
 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 386_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR MOTOR CARRIER, BROKER, FREIGHT FORWARDER, 
AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROCEEDINGS--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart D_General Rules and Hearings
 
Sec. 386.31  Service.


    (a) All service required by these rules shall be by mail or by 
personal delivery. Service by mail is complete upon mailing.
    (b) A certificate of service shall accompany all pleadings, motions, 
and documents when they are tendered for filing, and shall consist of a 
certificate of personal delivery or a certificate of mailing, executed 
by the person making the personal delivery or mailing the document. The 
first pleading of the Government in a proceeding initiated under this 
part shall have attached to it a service list of persons to be served. 
This list shall be updated as necessary.
    (c) Copies of all pleadings, motions, and documents must be served 
on the docket clerk and upon all parties to the proceedings by the 
person filing them, in the number of copies indicated on the 
Government's initial service list.