"The Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters" dated November 15, 1965 was approved by the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Republic of Azerbaijan joined the mentioned Convention on November 16, 2022. More than 79 countries are current members of the Convention.
Moreover, the same day, "Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance" dated November 23, 2007 was also promulgated into law.
The "Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters", or more commonly known as the "Hague Service Convention", plays an important role in ensuring the transfer and recognition of judicial or non-judicial documents in civil and commercial cases abroad without legalization or any other confirmation. Convention does not apply to criminal cases. It also does not apply in cases where the address of the person applying for recognition of the relevant judicial or extrajudicial decision is not known.
According to the convention, the member states should establish a Central Authority for the presentation of such documents from abroad, and the documents sent from abroad should be considered valid when presented in the appropriate form. Requests for the recognition are made to the central authority of any member state through an authorized representative of an institution established by the member states. The institution that receives such a request applies to local courts for recognition of the relevant decision.
