4 Colo. Code Regs. § 723-1-1205

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 22, November 25, 2024

Section 4 CCR 723-1-1205 - Service

(a) A person filing any pleading or other document shall serve a copy, including all supporting attachments or exhibits, on every other party and amicus curiae in the proceeding, except that the Director shall serve a complaint as provided in rule 1302(g). Such service shall include service upon the Commission's assigned trial staff and advisory staff. Except as provided in rule 1205(c) and rule 1302(g), service shall be made by hand or through mailing on the same day the document is filed, unless a party expressly agrees by a signed waiver to accept service via fax, or is registered in the E-Filings System. Service required by this paragraph (a) may alternatively be made by e-mail, unless the party or amicus curiae to be served previously files a notice in such proceeding that service will not be accepted through e-mail.

(b) All registered filers in the E-Filings System must have expressly agreed, through attestation, to accept service in all Commission proceedings through the E-Filings System. Filing through the E-Filings System constitutes service on all assigned trial staff, advisory staff, and registered users of the system.

(c) In accelerated complaint proceedings:

(I) the complainant shall serve the complaint upon the respondent; and

(II) all pleadings and motions shall be served on the same day they are filed either by e-mail and by hand; by e-mail and overnight delivery, or through the E-Filings System. Discovery shall be accomplished pursuant to rule 1405.

(d) Service upon a private corporation, partnership, or unincorporated association may be made by delivering a copy to one or more of the officers, partners, associates, managers, or designated agents thereof. When an attorney represents a party, service shall also be made upon the attorney. Where a party is represented by an attorney of record and is not registered in the E-Filings System, service upon the party is complete upon service to the attorney of record. If more than one attorney who is not registered in the E-Filings System represents a party, service is complete upon service to one of those attorneys. Where a party is represented by more than one attorney, some of whom are registered in the E-Filings System and some of whom are not, service is complete upon service to those registered users of the E Filings System only.

(e) Proof of service of a filing shall be demonstrated through one or more certificates of service identifying the document served and filed with the Commission. Certificates of service may be filed in paper, filed through the E-Filings System, or they can be systematically created and attached in the filing process through the E-Filings System. For any filing for which there is no certificate of service demonstrating service upon an amicus curiae, a pro se party, or a party's counsel of record in any of the identified forms, the Commission will presume that the document has not been served on omitted amici, parties or counsel of record. This presumption may be overcome by evidence of proper service.

(f) All interrogatories, requests for production, and requests for admission may be served by hand, through mailing by first class mail, or by fax if a person expressly agrees by a signed waiver to accept service via fax. Service required by this paragraph (f) may alternatively be made by e-mail, unless the person to be served previously files a notice in such proceeding that service will not be accepted through e-mail.

4 CCR 723-1-1205

38 CR 02, January 25, 2015, effective 2/14/2015

38 CR 20, October 25, 2015, effective 11/14/2015

43 CR 13, July 10, 2020, effective 7/30/2020

45 CR 07, April 10, 2022, effective 4/30/2022