R 169.5 Reports or statements; nonreceipt; list; requests for information; telephone inquiries.

Rule 5. (1) A filing official, within 5 business days following a filing date required by the act, shall prepare a list of persons whose required reports or statements have not been received. This list shall be available for public inspection and copying. Prior to completion of the list, inquiries relative to the receipt of filings shall be submitted only in writing or in person. (2) Upon receipt of any inquiry requesting information relative to the contents of any report or statement filed with a filing official, the filing official shall inform the person requesting information of all of the following: (a) The report or statement is available for inspection or copying at the office of the filing official. (b) A copy of any page of the report or statement requested may be obtained by payment of the applicable copying charge. (c) A request for a copy of a report or statement shall not be honored until receipt by the filing official of the applicable copying charge. (3) A telephone inquiry relative to a substantive matter in a filed report or statement shall not be answered. A telephone inquiry by a filer or an agent of the filer relative to a report or statement of the filer shall be answered.