Cross-Border Jurisdictional Protocol
Georgia (the country) is a Hague Service Convention signatory with a notably split position on Article 10: it has not objected to Article 10(a) postal service, but it has objected to both Article 10(b) (direct service by judicial officers) and Article 10(c) (service by other competent persons). Georgia also limited Article 8, allowing diplomatic or consular service only on nationals of the requesting state. Its Central Authority, the Ministry of Justice, forwards incoming requests to the competent court of first instance for execution under Georgia's Civil Procedure Code, and requires a Georgian translation.
Since Georgia has not objected to Article 10(a), postal channel service is a valid, often faster alternative to the formal Central Authority route.
Discuss postal service options →We submit requests to Georgia's Ministry of Justice, which forwards them to the competent court of first instance for execution.
Request Central Authority submission →Documents to be served in Georgia must be in Georgian or accompanied by a certified translation. We prepare compliant translations accordingly.
Prepare a compliant translation →Complete National Jurisdiction
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All international document handoffs are executed pursuant to local sovereignty statutes and returned with court-certified evidentiary declarations.
Judicial Knowledge Base
Yes. Georgia has not objected to Article 10(a), so postal channel service is valid.
No. Georgia objects to both Article 10(b) and Article 10(c), closing off direct judicial-officer and other competent-person service methods.
No, only their own nationals. Georgia limited Article 8 to service on nationals of the state from which the documents originate.
Yes. Documents to be served in Georgia must be in Georgian or accompanied by a certified translation.
No. There are no costs typically reimbursable to Georgia under Article 12(2) of the Convention.
Consult with our international legal support specialists about service of process in Georgia.