Rule 25 - Registration, Filing, and Service(a) Registration and Filing. Unless excused by order of the supreme court or the intermediate court of appeals, each attorney who represents a party before the appellate courts shall register as a JEFS User and file all documents through JEFS. A self-represented party may register as a JEFS User for the self-represented party's case. A party who is not a JEFS User shall submit documents to the appellate clerk or to an ex officio clerk. Physical documents may be submitted by conventional mail addressed to the appellate clerk, but filing shall not be considered timely unless the documents are received by the clerk within the time fixed for filing, except that briefs and appendices shall be deemed filed on the day of mailing if mailed by First Class Mail or other class of mail that is at least as expeditious, postage prepaid. If a motion requests relief that may be granted by a single judge or justice, the judge or justice may permit the motion to be filed and shall note thereon the date of filing and shall thereafter transmit it to the appellate clerk.(b)Service of all documents required. Copies of all documents filed by any party shall, at or before the time of filing, be served by a party or person acting for that party on all other parties to the proceedings. Service on a party represented by counsel shall be made on counsel.(c) Manner of service. Service may be personal, by conventional mail, or by notice of electronic filing in accordance with the Hawai'i Electronic Filing and Service Rules. Personal service includes delivery of the copy to a responsible person at the office of counsel. Service by conventional mail is complete on mailing if mailed in the manner provided in subsection (a) above. Electronic service is complete upon issuance of the notice of electronic filing by JEFS or JIMS.(d)Proof of conventional service. Documents presented to the appellate clerk or an ex officio clerk for filing shall contain an acknowledgment of service by the person served or proof of service in the form of a statement of the date, the manner of service, and of the name of the person served, certified by the person who made service. Proof of service may appear on or be affixed to the documents filed. Where computation of the time for a response to a conventionally served document begins with the filing date of that document, a filed copy of the document shall also be conventionally served upon all other parties promptly after filing.(e) Acknowledgment of service. The party served may file, within 5 days after receiving service, an acknowledgment of service setting forth the date and manner of service where the date of service differs from the date contained in the proof of service attached to the documents conventionally filed.(f)Contact information. Each attorney who represents a party before the appellate courts and each self-represented party shall, within 10 days of any change in mailing or business address, telephone number, or electronic mail address, file notice of the change with the appellate clerk and, if a registered JEFS User, update his or her JEFS User account information.Amended December 6, 1999, effective 1/1/2000; further amended June 20, 2006, effective 7/1/2006; further amended August 30, 2010, effective 9/27/2010; further amended June 4, 2015, effective 7/1/2015.