Rule 9.260. Service

(A) Respondent. When provision is made under these rules for serving a complaint or other document on a respondent, the service must be made in person or by registered or certified mail or through an overnight delivery service to the respondent’s judicial office or last known residence. If an attorney has appeared for a respondent, service may be on the attorney in lieu of service on the respondent.

(B) Commission. Service on the commission must be made by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail or through an overnight delivery service to the executive director at the commission’s office.

(C) Disciplinary Counsel. Service on the disciplinary counsel must be made by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail or through an overnight delivery service to the disciplinary counsel at that individual’s address on record with the state bar.

(D) Alternative Service. The respondent, the respondent’s attorney, the executive director, disciplinary counsel, and/or commission counsel may serve one another via e-mail with a paper copy being sent via regular mail to the individual’s address on record with the state bar.