Minnesota Administrative Rules

5210.0007 FILING; FACSIMILE.

Subpart 1.

Filing by mail and personal delivery.

Filing of documents required by this chapter or Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182, may be accomplished by postage prepaid first class mail or personal delivery. Filing is timely if the document is deposited in the United States mail and postmarked within the time fixed for filing. Filing is effective on the postmark date or the date of personal delivery.

Subp. 2.

Filing by facsimile.

Documents may be filed by facsimile. Filing is completed at the time that the facsimile is received by the commissioner and has the same force and effect as the original. A faxed document will not be considered filed unless all pages are successfully transmitted via facsimile. Documents received by facsimile after 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time are deemed filed on the next day.

Within five days after the commissioner has received the transmission, the party filing the document must file with the commissioner the original signed document.

Subp. 3.

Time computation.

In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by this chapter or Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182, the day of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven days, intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays shall be excluded in the computation.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 182.657

History:

22 SR 1758

Published Electronically:

June 11, 2008