N.M. Code R. § 19.10.14.1412 – Filing, Service, and Form of Documents

A. The originals of all documents served in the proceeding shall be filed with the Hearing Clerk designated by the Director. Filing is complete when received by the Hearing Clerk or some other Division employee in his place. Filing may be completed between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on state work days. Additionally, a party filing a document must provide 12 copies of the document at the time of filing to the Hearing Clerk to distribute to the Commission and its counsel.
B. A party filing documents shall serve copies of the documents upon all other parties. A certificate of service, as shown in Attachment A, shall accompany each filed document.
C. All documents may be served by hand-delivery, facsimile transmission or first class mail. If facsimile transmission is used, the sending party must telephone and confirm receipt in order to complete service. If the parties agree, then service by electronic mail may also be used. Service by mail is not allowed within 10 days of the hearing.
D. All documents, except exhibits, shall be prepared on 81/2 x11-inch white paper, and where appropriate, the first page of every document shall contain the heading and caption illustrated in Attachment A.
E. The Hearing Clerk shall provide a docket number for the proceeding and maintain a file of documents submitted in the proceeding and a listing identifying those documents and their date of submittal.
[6-30-99; 19.10.14.1412 NMAC – Rn, 19 NMAC 10.2.14.1412, 05-15-2001]