45 CFR 681.8
§ 681.8 How will the complaint be served?
United States · 45 CFR — Public Welfare · Status: effective
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- 45 CFR 681.8, § 681.8 How will the complaint be served?, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/219807
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(a) The complaint must be served on individual defendants directly, a partnership through a general partner, and on corporations or on unincorporated associations through an executive officer or a director, except that service also may be made on any person authorized by appointment or by law to receive process for the defendant.
(b) The complaint may be served either by:
(1) Registered or certified mail; or
(2) Personal delivery by anyone 18 years of age or older.
(c) The date of service is the date of personal delivery or, in the case of service by registered or certified mail, the date of postmark.
(d) When served with the complaint, the defendant should also be served with a copy of this part 681 and 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.