# 17 CFR § 240.0-3: Filing of material with the Commission > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-3 ## Section - **Citation:** 17 CFR § 240.0-3 - **Heading:** Filing of material with the Commission - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** September 22, 2026 - **Source:** Publisher's official text - **Location:** Title 17—Commodity and Securities Exchanges > CHAPTER II—SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION > PART 240—GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS, SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 > Subpart A—Rules and Regulations Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 > Rules of General Application ## Text (a) All papers required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Act or the rules and regulations thereunder shall be filed at the principal office in Washington, DC. Material may be filed by delivery to the Commission, through the mails or otherwise. The date on which papers are actually received by the Commission shall be the date of filing thereof if all of the requirements with respect to the filing have been complied with, except that if the last day on which papers can be accepted as timely filed falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, such papers may be filed on the first business day following. (b) The manually signed original (or in the case of duplicate originals, one duplicate original) of all registrations, applications, statements, reports, or other documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, shall be numbered sequentially (in addition to any internal numbering which otherwise may be present) by handwritten, typed, printed, or other legible form of notation from the facing page of the document through the last page of that document and any exhibits or attachments thereto. Further, the total number of pages contained in a numbered original shall be set forth on the first page of the document. (c) Each document filed shall contain an exhibit index, which should immediately precede the exhibits filed with such document. The index shall list each exhibit filed and identify by handwritten, typed, printed, or other legible form of notation in the manually signed original, the page number in the sequential numbering system described in paragraph (b) of this section where such exhibit can be found or where it is stated that the exhibit is incorporated by reference. Further, the first page of the manually signed document shall list the page in the filing where the exhibit index is located. [44 FR 4666, Jan. 23, 1979, as amended at 45 FR 58828, Sept. 5, 1980] ## Nearby sections - [17 CFR § 240.0-1 § 240.0-1 Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-1.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-2 § 240.0-2 Business hours of the Commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-2.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-3 § 240.0-3 Filing of material with the Commission.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-3.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-4 § 240.0-4 Nondisclosure of information obtained in examinations and investigations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-4.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-5 § 240.0-5 Reference to rule by obsolete designation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-5.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-6 § 240.0-6 Disclosure detrimental to the national defense or foreign policy.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-6.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-8 § 240.0-8 Application of rules to registered broker-dealers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-8.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-9 § 240.0-9 Payment of filing fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-9.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-10 § 240.0-10 Small entities under the Securities Exchange Act for purposes of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-10.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-11 § 240.0-11 Filing fees for certain acquisitions, dispositions and similar transactions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-11.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-12 § 240.0-12 Commission procedures for filing applications for orders for exemptive relief under Section 36 of the Exchange Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-12.md) - [17 CFR § 240.0-13 § 240.0-13 Commission procedures for filing applications to request a substituted compliance or listed jurisdiction order under the Exchange Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-13.md) - [17 CFR § 240.3a1-1 § 240.3a1-1 Exemption from the definition of “Exchange” under Section 3(a)(1) of the Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.3a1-1.md) - [17 CFR § 240.3a4-1 § 240.3a4-1 Associated persons of an issuer deemed not to be brokers.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.3a4-1.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-17-240.0-3. 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