Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 3 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 57 - Appeals
8 AAC 57.040 - Filing and service of documents
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) Filing is the procedure whereby a party submits a document to the commission for the commission's consideration in an appeal or petition for review. Each document a party files with the commission must be
(b) Service is the procedure whereby a party provides a copy of a document filed with the commission to another party to an appeal or petition for review. A copy of every document the party files with the commission must be
(c) A document is considered filed upon receipt unless the document is received on a Saturday, on a Sunday, on a legal holiday, or after 5:00 p.m. Alaska time, in which event the document is considered filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. A document filed with the commission by United States mail is considered filed on the date the document is received at the commission's office, unless received on a Saturday, on a Sunday, on a legal holiday, or after 5:00 p.m. Alaska time, in which event the document is considered filed on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. A document filed by United States mail is not considered filed on the date it is postmarked.
(d) An appellant shall also serve a copy of the notice of appeal on the director as provided in 8 AAC 57.070(b)(3).
(e) Service on a party represented by an attorney must be made on the attorney.
(f) Service by hand-delivery under (b)(2) of this section is accomplished by
(g) Service by United States mail under (b)(2) of this section is complete when deposited in the United States mail with sufficient postage and properly addressed to a party at the party's last known address of record.
(h) Proof of service is the procedure whereby a party serving a copy of a document on another party confirms that the document was served. Proof of service for each document served by a party must
(i) While an appeal or petition for review is pending before the commission, an attorney representing a party or any self-represented party shall immediately inform the clerk and any other party to the appeal or petition for review, in writing, of a change in the party's mailing address, electronic mail address, telephone number, or facsimile number.
Authority: AS 23.30.008
AS 23.30.128