| Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters | |
|---|---|
 State party to the Convention State ratified, not yet in force | |
| Signed | 15 November 1965 |
| Location |  The Hague |
| Effective | 10 February 1969 |
| Condition | 3 ratifications |
| Parties | 84 |
| Depositary | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| Languages | English and French |
| Full text | |
 Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters at Wikisource | |
The Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters, more commonly called the Hague Service Convention, is a multilateral treaty that was adopted in The Hague, The Netherlands, on 15 November 1965 by member states of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. It came into existence to give litigants a reliable and efficient means of serving the documents on parties living, operating or based in another country. The provisions of the convention apply to service of process in civil and commercial matters but not criminal matters. Also, Article 1 states that the Convention shall not apply if the address of the person to be served with the document is not known.