In accordance with
amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of the Republic of Latvia
implemented from 1st January 2019, there are changes made in the service
of documents of foreign courts or extrajudicial documents in the
Republic of Latvia under the Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on the
Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or
Commercial Matters (hereinafter – the Convention) and Regulation (EU)
2020/1784 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November
2020 on the service in the Member States of judicial and extrajudicial
documents in civil or commercial matters (service of documents)
(recast), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007
(hereinafter – the Regulation).
That is, in accordance with Article 2 of the Convention, the Council of Sworn Bailiffs of Latvia is the Central Authority which will undertake to receive and execute requests for service of foreign documents. According to Article 2 of the Regulation, in its turn, the Council of Sworn Bailiffs of Latvia is the receiving agency competent for the receipt of judicial or extrajudicial documents from another Member State.
Furthermore, there is EUR 133,33 charge for each request for service of documents. The payment must be settled through a bank transfer and all bank commission fees must be covered by the person who settles the principal payment for service of documents.
Competent Central Authority (according to the Convention) and Receiving Agency (according to the Regulation):
Council of Sworn Bailiffs of Latvia
Address: Lacplesa street 27-32, Riga,
LV-1011, Latvia
Phone number: +371 67290005, Fax: +371 62302503
E-mail: [email protected]
Bank account information:
Registration No. 90001497619
Registered office: Lacplesa street 27-32, Riga,
LV-1011, Latvia
Bank: Swedbank AS
Account No.: LV93HABA0551038096742
SWIFT code: HABALV22
Payment purpose: information on the addressee
Added files:
Regulations on the Delivery of Documents Performed by a Sworn Bailiff
Form for return of money in case of returning of request and document
Expenses of service of documents
