PURPOSE: This rule describes the form and content of the complaints, the number of copies required, how the complaints are served and how they are amended. (1) Content.

1. (A) All complaints shall be in writing.

2. (B) Petitioner shall include in the complaint:

   1. 1. The full name, address and telephone

number of—

1. A. Petitioner; and
2. B. Any attorney representing peti-

tioner;

1. 2. Suitable space in the caption for the

commission to affix a case number;

1. 3. A description of the action which

petitioner is appealing and the date of any written notice of such action; and

1. 4. As far as practical, facts in numbered

paragraphs, each of which shall contain a single set of circumstances.

1. (C) Petitioner shall accompany the complaint with a copy of any written notice of the action from which petitioner appeals.
2. (D) Petitioner or petitioner’s legal counsel shall sign the complaint.
3. (E) The complaint may contain a motion for stay.

1. (2) Petitioner shall file the original of the complaint at the commission’s office with sufficient copies for all parties.

2. (3) Notice.

   1. (A) The commission shall serve notice of the complaint on the respondent and the petitioner.
   2. (B) The commission shall serve a copy of the complaint on the respondent.
3. (4) Petitioner may amend the complaint without the commission’s leave any time before the respondent serves a responsive pleading. After the respondent serves a responsive pleading, petitioner shall amend the complaint only with the commission’s leave.
4. (5) The commission shall construe the provisions of this rule liberally if petitioner has prepared the complaint without legal counsel.
5. (6) The provisions of this rule, except section (3), apply to amended complaints.

AUTHORITY: section 621.198, RSMo 2000.* Original rule filed Aug. 5, 1991, effective Feb. 6, 1992. Amended: Filed Oct. 31, 1994, effective May 28, 1995. Amended: Filed Jan. 11, 2001, effective July 30, 2001.

*Original authority: 628.198, RSMo 1965, amended 1978.