D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 1-2983

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024

Rule 1-2983 - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CASES - FILING OF PAPERS

2983.1

In cases concerning unemployment compensation:

(a) When a request for hearing is mailed to OAH, if the envelope containing the request bears a legible United States Postal Service postmark or if there is other proof of the mailing date, the request shall be considered filed on the mailing date. The filing date cannot be established by a private postage meter postmark alone.

(b) When a request for hearing is delivered to OAH by commercial carrier, the filing date is the date the commercial carrier received the request for delivery to the Clerk's office, so long as the cost of delivery is prepaid and delivery is to occur within three (3) calendar days of the commercial carrier's receipt. The date of commercial carrier's receipt shall be established by a document or other record prepared by the commercial carrier in the normal course of business.

2983.2

All other procedures for filing papers are governed by Section 2809.

D.C. Mun. Regs. r. 1-2983

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12541, 12592 (December 31, 2010); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10327, 10329 (December 9, 2011); Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 6594 (4/29/2016)

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 3128 (April 20, 2012) renamed chapter 29, "Office of Administrative Hearings: Rules for DCPS, Rental Housing, Public Benefits, and Unemployment Insurance Cases."

Authority: The Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), pursuant to the authority set forth in Sections 8(a)(7) and 8(b)(7) of the Office of Administrative Hearings Establishment Act of 2001, effective March 6, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-76, D.C. Official Code §§ 2-1831.05(a)(7) and (b)(7) ).