1. A. All notices of hearings, orders, decisions and other documents sent by DAL shall be sent by postal mail or transmitted by electronic means, unless otherwise required by law.

   1. 1. If a party is not represented by counsel, notices are sent to the party’s last known physical, postal, or e-mail address as filed in the adjudicatory record. Failure to maintain a current physical, postal, or e-mail address on file with DAL may result in dismissal of a case for failure to appear.
   2. 2. If a party is represented by counsel, notices shall be sent to the counsel of record only.

2. B. If a party provides DAL with an e-mail address, DAL may elect to send all notices, orders, decisions and other documents to the party exclusively at the e-mail address provided. Parties may, at any time, opt out of being served by e-mail, but the opt-out will not be effective until communicated to DAL and all other parties in writing. Parties receiving communications from DAL exclusively by e-mail shall:

   1. 1. notify DAL of any change of e-mail address in writing; and
   2. 2. ensure that e-mail filters and settings allow the delivery of e-mails from DAL.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:991 et seq., and R.S. 49:958.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Civil Service, Division of Administrative Law, LR 28:41 (January 2002), amended LR 38:2946 (November 2012), repromulgated LR 46:319 (March 2020).