TRAP Rule 9.5: Service

(a) Service of All Documents Required. At or before the time of a document's filing, the filing party must serve a copy on all parties to the proceeding. Service on a party represented by counsel must be made on that party’s lead counsel. Except in Original Proceedings, a party need not serve a copy of the record.

(b) Manner of Service.

(1) Documents Filed Electronically. A document filed electronically under Rule 9.2 must be served electronically through the electronic filing manager if the email address of the party or attorney to be served is on file with the electronic filing manager. If the email address of the party or attorney to be served is not on file with the electronic filing manager, the document may be served on that party or attorney under subparagraph (2).
(2) Documents Not Filed Electronically. A document that is not filed electronically may be served in person, by mail, by commercial delivery service, by fax, or by email. Personal service includes delivery to any responsible person at the office of the lead counsel for the party served.

(1) Service by mail is complete on mailing.
(2) Service by commercial delivery service is complete when the document is placed in the control of the delivery service.
(3) Service by fax is complete on receipt.
(4) Electronic service is complete on transmission of the document to the serving party's electronic filing service provider. The electronic filing manager will send confirmation of service to the serving party.

(d) Proof of Service. A document presented for filing must contain a proof of service in the form of either an acknowledgment of service by the person served or a certificate of service. Proof of service may appear on or be affixed to the filed document. The clerk may permit a document to be filed without proof of service, but will require the proof to be filed promptly.

(e) Certificate Requirements. For a document filed electronically in a civil case, an automated certificate of service generated by the filing party’s electronic filing service provider suffices. For a document not filed electronically in a civil case or for any document filed in a criminal case, a certificate of service must be signed by the person who made the service and must state:

(1) the date and manner of service;
(2) the name and address of each person served; and
(3) if the person served is a party's attorney, the name of the party represented by that attorney.