[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1303.5]

[Page 106]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1303_APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR HEAD START GRANTEES AND CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE 
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec.  1303.5  Service of process.

    Whenever documents are required to be filed or served under this 
part, or notice provided under this part, certified mail shall be used 
with a return receipt requested. Alternatively, any other system may be 
used that provides proof of the date of receipt of the documents by the 
addressee. If this regulation is not complied with, and if a party 
alleges that it failed to receive documents allegedly sent to it, there 
will be a rebuttable presumption that the documents or notices were not 
sent as required by this part, or as alleged by the party that failed to 
use the required mode of service. The presumption may be rebutted only 
by a showing supported by a preponderance of evidence that the material 
was in fact submitted in a timely manner.