Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Subtitle 1 - General Departmental Provisions and Programs
Chapter 1 - GENERAL ORGANIZATION, PRACTICE, AND PROCEDURE
Subchapter 3 - GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR CONTESTED CASES
Section 5-1-39 - Filing of documents

(a) All pleadings, submittals, petitions, applications, charges, reports, maps, exceptions, briefs, memorandums, and other papers required to be filed in any proceeding, shall be filed with the director or as instructed by the director. Such papers may be sent by mail or hand-carried to the appropriate office of the department, within the time limit, if any, or as set forth in any statute or rule, for such filing. The date on which the papers are actually received by the department or at the hearing shall be deemed to be the date of filing.

(b) All papers filed with the department shall be written in ink, typewritten, mimeographed, or printed, shall be plainly legible, shall be on strong durable paper, not larger than § 8-1/2 by 11 inches in size except that tables, maps, charts, and other documents may be larger, but shall be folded to the size of the documents to which they are attached.

(c) All papers must be signed in ink by the party or a duly authorized agent or attorney. The signature shall constitute a certification that the party in interest has read the document; that to the best of the party's knowledge, information, and belief every statement contained in the document is true and no such statements are misleading; and that the document is not interposed for delay.

(d) Unless otherwise specifically provided by a particular rule or order of the department, an original and two copies of all papers shall be filed.

(e) The initial document filed by any person in any proceeding shall state on the document's first page the name and mailing address of the person or persons who may be served with any documents filed in the proceeding.