32 CFR § 1618.2 - Filing of documents.

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title: "32 CFR § 1618.2 - Filing of documents."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "1618.2"
section_name: "Filing of documents."
chapter_name: "SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM"
part_number: "1618"
part_name: "NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Military Selective Service Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 451  E.O. 11623."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 4648, Feb. 1, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1618.2 Filing of documents.

A document other than a registration card received by an element of the Selective Service System will be considered to have been filed on the date that it is received: *Provided,* That a document that is received which was transmitted by the United States Postal Service (USPS) and was enclosed in a cover that bears a legible USPS postmark date will be deemed to have been received on that date.