2005 Minnesota Statutes

     176.285 Service of papers and notices. 

    Service of papers and notices shall be by mail or otherwise 
 as the commissioner or the chief administrative law judge may by 
 rule direct.  Where service is by mail, service is effected at 
 the time mailed if properly addressed and stamped.  If it is so 
 mailed, it is presumed the paper or notice reached the party to 
 be served.  However, a party may show by competent evidence that 
 that party did not receive it or that it had been delayed in 
 transit for an unusual or unreasonable period of time.  In case 
 of nonreceipt or delay, an allowance shall be made for the 
 party's failure to assert a right within the prescribed time.  

    Where service to the division, department, office, or court 
 of appeals is by electronic filing, digitized signatures may be 
 used provided that the signature has been certified by the 
 department no later than five business days after filing.  The 
 department or court may adopt rules for the certification of 
 signatures. 

    When the electronic filing of a legal document with the 
 department marks the beginning of a prescribed time for another 
 party to assert a right, the prescribed time for another party 
 to assert a right shall be lengthened by two calendar days when 
 it can be shown that service to the other party was by mail.  

    The commissioner and the chief administrative law judge 
 shall ensure that proof of service of all papers and notices 
 served by their respective agencies is placed in the official 
 file of the case.  

    HIST: 1953 c 755 s 43; 1973 c 388 s 87; 1983 c 290 s 143; 1984 
 c 640 s 32; 1995 c 231 art 2 s 96