Details

Central Authority:

The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Contact details:
Address:	1 Inshaatchilar Avenue, Baku City, AZ1073 Republic of Azerbaijan
Telephone:	(+99412) 510-10-01, 537-05-54
Fax:	(+99412) 538-08-57
E-mail:	contact@justice.gov.az; international@justice.gov.az
General website:	http://www.justice.gov.az
Contact person:	Firudin Movsumov Senior adviser, International Cooperation Department Tel: (+99412) 510-10-01 (internal-1610) e-mail: firudin.movsumov@justice.gov.az
Languages spoken by staff:	Azerbaijani, Russian, English, Turkish

 

Practical Information:
Forwarding authorities (Art. 3(1)):	• Courts of the Republic of Azerbaijan; • Executive power authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan; • Prosecution authorities of the Republic of Azerbaijan; • Civil status acts registration authorities; • Notaries and other officials competent to perform notarial activity; • Guardianship and trusteeship authorities; • Advocates.
Methods of service (Art. 5(1)(2)):	Legal assistance within the Republic of Azerbaijan is provided in accordance with the rules of the Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Formal service is done by the courts.
Translation requirements (Art. 5(3)):	Pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 5 of the Convention, documents to be served within the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan shall only be accepted if they have been written in the Azerbaijani language or are accompanied by a duly certified translation into the Azerbaijani language.
Costs relating to execution of the request for service (Art. 12):	The position of the Republic of Azerbaijan is that in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention, the service of judicial documents incoming from a Participating State shall not give rise to any payment or reimbursement of duties or costs for the services rendered by the State requested. However, the costs occasioned by the use of a particular method of service, noted in subparagraph b) of paragraph 2 of that Article, shall be paid by the applicant.
Time for execution of request:	3-6 months
Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons (Art. 10(b))	Service of documents in the manner prescribed in Article 10 is not permitted in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Oppositions and declarations (Art. 21(2)):	Click here to read all the declarations made by this State under the Service Convention.
Art. 8(2):	In accordance with Article 8 of the Convention, diplomatic and consular agents of foreign States are not entitled to effect the service of documents in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan, unless the documents are to be served only upon nationals of the State, which they represent.
Art. 10(a):	Opposition
Art. 10(b):	Opposition
Art. 10(c):	Opposition
Art. 15(2):	In accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the courts of the Republic of Azerbaijan have the right to give judgment pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 15 of the Convention.
Art. 16(3):	No declaration
Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels) (Arts. 11, 19, 24 and 25) Disclaimer: Information may not be complete or fully updated – please contact the relevant authorities to verify this information.	The Republic of Azerbaijan is a State party to the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) Convention of January 22, 1993 on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters and its Protocol of March6, 1998. The Republic of Azerbaijan is a State party to the CIS https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/1313#text (Commonwealth of Independent States) Convention of October 7, 2002 on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters. https://cis.minsk.by/reestrv2/doc/192#text Bilateral conventions on judicial cooperation: Russian Federation (22 December 1992); Republic of Bulgaria (29 June 1995);Georgia ( 8 March 1996); Republic of Kazakhstan (10 June 1997); Republic of Uzbekistan (18 June 1997); Republic of Kyrgyzstan (5 August 1997); Islamic Republic of Iran (21 February 1998);Republic of Lithuania (23 October 2001); Republic of Türkiye (22 October 2002); Republic of Moldova (26 October 2004); United Arab Emirates (20 November 2006); Kingdom of Morocco (14 March 2011); Republic of India (4 April 2013)
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Competent authorities (Arts 6, 9)	The certificate stating that the documents have been served, pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention, shall be completed and certified by the courts of the Republic of Azerbaijan directly executing the request for service of documents. It is desirable that the documents intended to be served to the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the First Vice-President and Vice-Presidents of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan are transmitted in a diplomatic manner, i.e. by Verbal Notes through diplomatic representatives accredited in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Other authorities (Art. 18)	No declaration

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