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§ 13.211 

(h) 

Filing by email. A document that 

is filed by email must be attached as a 
PDF file to an email. The document 
must be signed in accordance with 
§ 13.207. The email message does not 
constitute a submission, but serves 
only to deliver the attached PDF file 
to the FAA Hearing Docket. 

§ 13.211

Service of documents. 

(a) 

General.  A person must serve a 

copy of all documents on each party 
and the administrative law judge, if as-
signed, at the time of filing with the 
FAA Hearing Docket except as pro-
vided otherwise in this subpart. 

(b) 

Service by the FAA Hearing Docket, 

the administrative law judge, and the 
FAA decisionmaker. The FAA Hearing 
Docket, the administrative law judge, 
and the FAA decisionmaker must send 
documents to a party by personal de-
livery, mail, fax, or email as provided 
in this section. 

(c) 

Methods of service—(1)  General.  A 

person may serve any document by 
email, personal delivery, mail, or fax. 

(2) 

Service by email. Service of docu-

ments by email is voluntary and re-
quires the prior consent of the person 
to be served by email. A person may re-
tract consent to be served by email by 
filing a written retraction with the 
FAA Hearing Docket and serving it on 
the other party and the administrative 
law judge. A document that is served 
by email must be attached as a PDF 
file to an email message. 

(d) 

Certificate of service. A certificate 

of service must accompany all docu-
ments filed with the FAA Hearing 
Docket. The certificate of service must 
be signed, describe the method of serv-
ice, and state the date of service. 

(e) 

Date of service. If a document is 

served by fax or served by email, the 
date of service is the date the email or 
fax is sent. If a document is served by 
personal delivery, the date of service is 
the date that personal delivery is ac-
complished. If a document is mailed, 
the date of service is the date shown on 
the certificate of service, the date 
shown on the postmark if there is no 
certificate of service, or the mailing 
date shown by other evidence if there 
is no certificate of service or postmark. 

(f) 

Valid service. A document served 

by mail or personal delivery that was 

properly addressed, was sent in accord-
ance with this subpart, and that was 
returned as unclaimed, or that was re-
fused or not accepted, is deemed to 
have been served in accordance with 
this subpart. 

(g) 

Additional time after service by mail. 

Whenever a party must respond within 
a prescribed period after service by 
mail, 5 days are added to the prescribed 
period. 

(h) 

Presumption of service. There is a 

presumption of service where a party 
or a person, who customarily receives 
mail, or receives it in the ordinary 
course of business, at either the per-
son’s residence or the person’s prin-
cipal place of business, acknowledges 
receipt of the document. 

§ 13.212

Computation of time. 

(a) This section applies to any period 

of time prescribed or allowed by this 
subpart, by notice or order of the ad-
ministrative law judge, or by any ap-
plicable statute. 

(b) The date of an act, event, or de-

fault is not included in a computation 
of time under this subpart. 

(c) The last day of a time period is in-

cluded unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, 
or a Federal holiday. If the last day is 
a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holi-
day, the time period runs until the end 
of the next day that is not a Saturday, 
Sunday, or Federal holiday. 

§ 13.213

Extension of time. 

(a) The parties may agree to extend 

for a reasonable period the time for fil-
ing a document under this subpart. The 
party seeking the extension of time 
must submit a draft order to the ad-
ministrative law judge to be signed by 
the administrative law judge and filed 
with the FAA Hearing Docket. The ad-
ministrative law judge must sign and 
issue the order if the extension agreed 
to by the parties is reasonable. 

(b) A party may file a written motion 

for an extension of time. A written mo-
tion for an extension of time must be 
filed with the FAA Hearing Docket in 
accordance with § 13.210. The motion 
must be filed no later than seven days 
before the document is due unless good 
cause for the late filing is shown. The 
party filing the motion must serve a 
copy of the motion in accordance with 

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