Section 033. Designation Of Agent

A “Designation of Agent” must be submitted to the Department in a manner and form approved by the Departmen t before commencing operations. A Designation of Agent will be accepted as authority of the agent to fulfill all legal obligations or powers of the owner and to sign any papers or reports required under these rules. All authorized orders or notices given to the designated agent by the Department, when given in the manner hereinafter provided, will b e deemed service of such orders or notices upon the owner and the lessee. All changes of address and any terminatio n of the agent’s authority must be immediately reported in writing to the Department, and, in the latter case, th e designation of a new agent(s) immediately made. If any agent(s) is incapacitated for duty or absent from the address provided, the owner must designate in writing a substitute to serve in their place. In the absence of such owner or of notice of appointment of a substitute, notices may be mailed by the Department to the agent(s) at the address show n on the current Designation of Agent on file in the Department’s office. Such notice will be deemed service upon th e owner and lessee. (7-1-25) 034. -- 039. (RESERVED)