Pennsylvania Code › Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part II - General Rules of Administrative Practice and Procedure › Chapter 35 - FORMAL PROCEEDINGS › Subchapter A - PLEADINGS AND OTHER PRELIMINARY MATTERS › ANSWERS › Section 35.35 - Answers to complaints and petitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
Answers to complaints and petitions, other than petitions
						to intervene and petitions of appeal from delegated actions of subordinate
						officers, shall be filed with the agency within 20 days after the date of
						service, unless for cause the agency with or without motion shall prescribe a
						different time, but in no case may an answer be required in less than 10 days
						after the date of service. Answers to petitions of appeal from delegated
						actions of subordinate officers shall be filed with the agency within 10 days
						after the date of service. A respondent failing to file an answer within the
						applicable period shall be deemed in default, and relevant basic facts stated
						in the complaint or petition may be deemed admitted. Answers shall be in
						writing, and so drawn as fully and completely to advise the parties and the
						agency as to the nature of the defense. They shall admit or deny specifically
						and in detail each material allegation of the pleading answered, and state
						clearly and concisely the facts and matters of law relied
						upon.
This section cited in 1 Pa. Code §
													35.9 (relating to formal complaints
						  generally); 4 Pa. Code §
													60.6 (relating to procedure); 7 Pa.
						  Code §
													179.14 (relating to answers to
						  complaints, petitions, motions and other filings requiring a response); 12 Pa.
						  Code §
													11.9 (relating to answers to
						  complaints and petitions); 25 Pa. Code §
													1021.74 (relating to answers to
						  complaints); 28 Pa. Code §
													1230.39 (relating to timeliness of
						  Notice of Appeal); 34 Pa. Code §
													111.15 (relating to no other
						  pleadings allowed); 34 Pa. Code §
													111.23 (relating to answers); 34
						  Pa. Code §
													111.34 (relating to answers to
						  petitions); 34 Pa. Code §
													131.33 (relating to answers except
						  to answers for joinder and challenge proceedings); 34 Pa. Code §
													131.36 (relating to joinder); 34
						  Pa. Code §
													131.121 (relating to penalty
						  proceedings initiated by a party); 37 Pa. Code §
													171.44 (relating to supporting
						  legal authority); 37 Pa. Code §
													197.11a (relating to motions and
						  petitions); 40 Pa. Code §
													17.13 (relating to
						  protests/intervention procedure); 49 Pa. Code §
													19.35 (relating to subsequent
						  pleadings); 52 Pa. Code §
													5.61 (relating to answers to
						  complaints, petitions, motions and preliminary objections); 52 Pa. Code §
													5.405 (relating to effect of
						  pleadings); 52 Pa. Code §
													1005.41 (relating to answers to
						  complaints, petitions, motions and other filings requiring a response); 52 Pa.
						  Code §
													1005.145 (relating to effect of
						  pleadings); 55 Pa. Code §
													41.71 (relating to answers
						  generally); 58 Pa. Code §
													493a.5 (relating to answers to
						  complaints, petitions, motions and other filings requiring a response); 61 Pa.
						  Code §
													703.2 (relating to petition
						  content); 61 Pa. Code §
													703.8 (relating to timeliness of
						  submissions); and 67 Pa. Code §
													491.6 (relating to notice and
						  conduct of hearing).