NAC720.930. Filing of documents in electronic form; service by electronic transmission.

In an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to this chapter:

     1. A party to the hearing may, unless the hearing officer directs otherwise, file any pleading or other document in electronic form.

     2. If a pleading or other document that is filed electronically must be signed, it must be signed with a digital signature that is verifiable by a valid certificate issued by a certification authority who is not a party to the hearing.

     3. The service of a pleading or other document by electronic transmission shall be deemed effective upon receipt, except that such an electronic transmission which is sent after 5 p.m. on a business day or at any time on a weekend or state holiday shall be deemed effective at 8 a.m. on the next business day.

     (Added to NAC by Sec’y of State by R155-98, eff. 12-2-99)