Unless otherwise required by Rule 114.01, service may be electronic by use of the appellate courts' electronic filing system if required or permitted by court order, personal, or by United States Mail. Personal service includes delivery of a copy of the document to the attorney or other responsible person in the office of the attorney, or to the party, if not represented by counsel, in any manner provided by Rule 4, Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure.
Electronic service is complete upon confirmation from the appellate courts' electronic filing system that it has been accomplished. Service by United States Mail is complete on mailing.
Whenever a party is required or permitted to do an act within a prescribed period after service and the party is served with the documents only by United States Mail, 3 days shall be added to the prescribed period. If a document is served electronically or personally after 5:00 p.m. at the court's local time, 1 day shall be added to the prescribed period.
As permitted by Rule 6.01(a)(2) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, the time periods in this rule do not include intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, or legal holidays.
Personal service may be effected by use of a commercial courier service, and shall be effective upon receipt.
Service by facsimile or other electronic means other than as authorized or required by an order of the Minnesota Supreme Court is allowed only with the consent of the party to be served, and is effective upon receipt.
Minn. R. Civ. App. P. 125.03