Section 15-15-45 - Service of process(a) The commission shall cause to be served all orders, notices, and other papers issued by it, together with any other papers that it is required by law to serve. All other papers shall be served by the parties filing them.(b) All papers served by either the commission or any party shall be filed and served upon all parties or their attorney and shall contain a certificate of service. Any attorney entering an appearance subsequent to the proceeding shall notify all other attorneys then of record and all parties not represented by an attorney of that fact.(c) The final decision and order, and any other paper required to be served by the commission upon a party, shall be served upon the party's attorney of record or in the absence of an attorney, upon the party.(d) Service of papers other than the notice of hearing and the final decision and order, shall be made personally or, unless otherwise provided by law, by first class mail. Notice of hearing shall be served as provided in section 15-15-51, and the final decision and order shall be served by certified mail.(e) Service upon parties, other than the commission, shall be regarded as complete upon the occurrence of at least one of the following: (1) the party or its attorney is personally served;(2) the document is delivered to the party's office or its attorney's office and left with some responsible person; or(3) the document is properly stamped, addressed and mailed by first class mail to the last known address of the party on file with the commission or to the party's attorney.(f) Whenever a party has the right to do some act or take some proceedings within a prescribed period after the service of a notice or other paper upon the person, and the notice or paper is served by mail, two days shall be added to the prescribed period.[Eff 10/27/86; am and comp 8/16/97; am and comp MAY 08 2000] (Auth: HRS §§ 205-1, 205-7) (Imp: HRS §§ 91-2, 205-4)Am and comp 11/2/2013; comp 10/18/2019