The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan has approved the Rules of issuing the certificate (apostille) to official documents (hereinafter: Rules) on 27 February 2019. According to the rules, apostille is issued to the official documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, except for the documents mentioned below:

1. Documents of the courts, prosecution and judicial bodies of the Azerbaijan Republic, notarized documents in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, documents on the state registration of the residential status provided by the competent authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Apostille is issued by the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan Republic to these documents).
2. Documents performed by the diplomatic missions and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan, administrative documents directly related to commercial and custom operations (These documents are not apostilled).

The issuance of an Apostille is accepted on the basis of a request by a person who has signed the document or who is the owner of the document (including the request of the close relatives of this person (husband, wife, parents and children, grandparents and siblings), or on the basis of request of a person who has been granted power of attorney. According to the rules, documents that are in conflict with the international treaties to which the Republic of Azerbaijan is a party or legislation of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as documents that act against the interests of the Republic of Azerbaijan, or damage the honor and dignity of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan for its contents are not apostilled.