Alaska Administrative Code
Title 8 - Labor and Workforce Development
Part 3 - Workers' Compensation
Chapter 57 - Appeals
8 AAC 57.050 - Filing and service by electronic mail and facsimile transmission

Universal Citation: 8 AK Admin Code 8 AAC 57.050

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) A party may file a document with the commission by electronic mail or facsimile transmission.

(b) A document filed by electronic mail must be attached in portable document format (.pdf) to the electronic mail message. A party filing a document by electronic mail shall include in the subject line of the electronic mail

(1) the commission's case number;

(2) the case name; and

(3) a brief description of the document to be filed.

(c) A document filed by facsimile transmission must include a cover sheet that includes

(1) the commission's case number;

(2) the case name;

(3) a list of each document to be filed; and

(4) the total number of pages being transmitted.

(d) A document that is filed by

(1) electronic mail is considered complete upon receipt of the entire document at the commission's electronic mail address, 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; or

(2) facsimile transmission is considered complete upon receipt of the entire document by the commission's facsimile machine, 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.

(e) It is the filing party's responsibility to verify that a document that is filed with the commission by either electronic mail or facsimile transmission is complete and legible. The commission is not responsible for verifying that a document that is filed electronically was received correctly, is legible, or includes all the transmitted pages. The commission is not responsible for any technical problem that may occur as a party files a document electronically.

(f) A party who files a document by electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall keep the original of the document so that the original is available to resolve any question of completeness or authenticity.

(g) A party may serve a document on another party by electronic mail or facsimile transmission if the party being served has filed with the commission, and served on any other party, a written notice of consent to service by

(1) electronic mail, including the recipient's electronic mail address; or

(2) facsimile transmission, including the recipient's facsimile number.

(h) An attorney filing a consent to service by electronic mail may designate an electronic mail address for the attorney and one more either for a legal assistant, for a paralegal, or as a general service electronic mail address.

(i) A document that is served by

(1) electronic mail is considered complete upon receipt of the entire document at the recipient's electronic mail address, 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 served on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday; or

(2) facsimile transmission is considered complete upon receipt of the entire document by the recipient's facsimile machine, 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 served on the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

The commission's office is located at 3301 Eagle Street, Suite 305, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. The commission's telephone number is (907) 269-6738; facsimile number is (907) 269-6737; electronic mail address is awcac.clerk@alaska.gov; and website is www.tabor.alaska.gov/WCcomm.

Authority:AS 23.30.008

AS 23.30.128

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