Details

Autoridad central:

Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Division of Foreign Notices

Contact details:
Address:	Av. Independencia No. 752 Estancia San Gerónimo Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
Telephone:	809-987-7001 Ext. 7508 and 7446
E-mail:	jugonzalez@mirex.gob.do
General website:	https://mirex.gob.do/
Contact person:	Justo Javier González
Languages spoken by staff:	Spanish and English

 

Practical Information:
Forwarding authorities (Art. 3(1)):	Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Division of Foreign Notices.
Methods of service (Art. 5(1)(2)):	Notifications shall be made by bailiff (huissiers) acts.
Translation requirements (Art. 5(3)):	Notifications and transfers of documents in a language other than Spanish, must be properly translated into Spanish.
Costs relating to execution of the request for service (Art. 12):	The expenses incurred for the service or transmission of judicial or extrajudicial documents shall be covered by the requesting party – applicant.
Time for execution of request:	From 2 to 6 months, approximately.
Judicial officers, officials or other competent persons (Art. 10(b))	Bailiffs.
Oppositions and declarations (Art. 21(2)):
Art. 8(2):	The Contracting States shall not carry out the service or transmission of judicial documents directly through their diplomatic or consular agents, unless the document in question is to be served or transmitted to a national of the originating State.
Art. 10(a):	The Dominican Republic opposes the direct transmission of documents by postal mail.
Art. 10(b):
Art. 10(c):
Art. 15(2):	Dominican courts may proceed (decide) despite not having received any communication confirming either the service or transmission, or the delivery, after six months have passed since the request for notification was sent.
Art. 16(3):	When a ruling has been issued against a defendant who has not appeared, the judge shall have the authority to exempt the defendant from the preclusion resulting from the expiration of the appeal deadlines if the appeal is made within one year of the ruling being issued.
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.
Useful links:
Competent authorities (Arts 6, 9)
Other authorities (Art. 18)

This page was last updated on: 2 de octubre de 2024