WAC 242-02-240   Date of filing -- Facsimile and electronic mail.  (1) The date of filing shall be the date of actual receipt by a board at its office. The date stamp placed on the petition shall be presumptive evidence of the date of receipt.

     (2) Filing of any documents with a board by electronic mail or telefacsimile transmission is at the risk of the sender and shall not be deemed complete unless the following procedures are strictly observed:

     (a) An electronic mail or telefacsimile document will only be stamped "received" by the board between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. Any transmission not completed before 5:00 p.m. will be stamped received on the following business day. The date and time indicated by the board's telefacsimile machine or receiving computer shall be presumptive evidence of the date and time of receipt of transmission.

     (b) The original document and four copies must be mailed and postmarked or otherwise transmitted to the board on or before the date of sending the telefacsimile transmission or electronic mail.

     (c) Documents over fifteen pages in length may not be filed by telefacsimile without prior approval of the presiding officer.

     (3) A telefacsimile or electronic mail copy shall constitute an original solely for the purpose of establishing the date a document was filed.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.270(7). 08-10-029, § 242-02-240, filed 4/28/08, effective 5/29/08; 04-21-046, § 242-02-240, filed 10/15/04, effective 11/15/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 36.70A.270(6). 94-07-033, § 242-02-240, filed 3/9/94, effective 4/9/94; 92-21-034, § 242-02-240, filed 10/15/92, effective 10/15/92.]