---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 7.16"
title: "29"
number: "7.16"
heading: "Filing and service."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/7.16"
---

# §7.16. Filing and service.

- (a) **Filing.** All papers submitted to the Board under this part shall be filed with the Clerk of the Appellate Boards, U.S. Department of Labor.
- (b) **Manner of service.** Service under this part shall be by the filing party or interested person and in accordance with [29 CFR part 26](/cfr/29/part26.md). Service by mail is complete on mailing.
- (c) **Proof of service.** Papers filed with the Board shall contain an acknowledgement of service by the person served or proof of service in the form of a statement of the date and the manner of service and the names of the person or persons served, certified by the person who made service.

## Notes

### Amendments

[36 FR 10863, June 4, 1971, as amended at 86 FR 1780, Jan. 11, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: Reorg. Plan No. 14 of 1950, 64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. 301, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1007; sec. 2, 48 Stat. 948 as amended; 40 U.S.C. 276c; secs. 104, 105, 76 Stat. 358, 359; 40 U.S.C. 330, 331; 65 Stat. 290; 36 FR 306, 8755; Secretary's Order No. 01-2020, 85 FR 13186 (March 6, 2020).

### Source

Source: 36 FR 10863, June 4, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[36 FR 10863, June 4, 1971, as amended at 86 FR 1780, Jan. 11, 2021]