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20 <br /> 3 <br /> telephone, provided the State or local agency, or <br /> HUD reduces the information to writing which is <br /> subsequently signed, affirmed, attested to, or <br /> notarized by the complainant, as prescribed by the <br /> relevant State or local law. <br /> 4 . The agency is required to dual-file a housing <br /> discrimination complaint within 5 days of its <br /> receipt . <br /> C. Amendment of Complaints <br /> Complaints may be reasonably and fairly amended at any <br /> time . Such amendments may include, but are not limited <br /> to: amendments to cure technical defects or omissions, <br /> including failure to sign or affirm a complaint, to <br /> clarify or amplify the allegations in a complaint, or <br /> to join additional or substitute respondents . Except <br /> for purposes of notifying additional respondents, <br /> amended complaints will be considered as having been <br /> made as of the original filing date. <br /> D. Notification to Respondents <br /> 1 . The State or local agency will serve a notice on <br /> each respondent . A person who is not named as a <br /> respondent in a complaint, but who is identified <br /> as a respondent in the course of the <br /> investigation, may be joined as an additional or <br /> substitute respondent by service of a notice on <br /> the person or otherwise in accordance with State <br /> and local laws or regulations . <br /> 2 . The notice will identify the alleged housing <br /> discrimination practice upon which the complaint <br /> is based, and include a copy of the complaint . <br /> 3 . If the person is not named in the complaint, but <br /> is being joined as an additional or substitute <br /> respondent, the notice will explain the basis for <br /> the agency' s belief that the joined person is <br /> properly joined as a respondent . <br /> 4 . The notice will indicate that the respondent may <br /> file an answer not later than ten days after <br /> receipt of the notice. The respondent may assert <br /> any defense that might be available to a defendant <br /> in a court of law. The answer must be signed, <br /> affirmed, attested to or notarized in accordance <br /> with the prescribed State or local law. <br />