

‘Service’ means the official delivery of judicial and extra-judicial documents (the service of which is necessary) which can be proven in writing.
There are specific rules on the service which ensure the validity of the procedure and the rights of the parties.
Any judicial documents which concern any proceedings before a court, such as orders, applications by call and documents initiating proceedings, as well as extra-judicial documents (which do not concern court proceedings but the official notification and service of which is necessary).
The Court Bailiffs In the case of a request for the service of documents which is received pursuant to the Hague Convention of 1965 on the Service of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents, any bilateral agreement which Cyprus has signed and ratified pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007, the document is received by the Ministry of Justice and Public Order as the designated central authority and is forwarded for service to the court bailiffs.
Generally not, unless it is provided with information on the new address at the address given.
Not applicable.
No such request has been received to date. In any event, there are doubts as to whether this matter may be the object of receiving evidence.
In practice, the normal method of service is personal service, as provided by the Code of Civil Procedure. In the case of a legal person, the document may be served on any managing director, on the secretary of the company or on any responsible person at the company’s offices.
As regards substitute methods of service, a court order must, upon request from a party, be issued, in accordance with the Code of Civil Procedure, allowing notification of the document through its display in a specified place or through its publication in a newspaper (or in any other manner which the Court deems appropriate under the circumstances).
No other alternative methods may be used at the present stage.
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Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
Yes. After the service, the court bailiff fills in the acknowledgment of receipt which indicates the reference particulars of the document served, the name and capacity of the person on whom the document has been served, the date and time of service, or, if the document has not been served, the reasons for which the service was not possible.
If service is made pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1393/2007, the certificate laid down in Annex I thereto is issued, as provided for in Article 10 thereof.
In such a case, the service is considered as void and cannot be remedied. If service was irregular, fresh service must be effected.
In the cases where the service was not made due to the person’s objection to such service, the party wishing the service to be made must lodge to the Court an application for substitute service.
If the service has not been possible because the person on whom the document must be served could not be located, the person wishing the service to be made may alternatively notify the document after a relevant court order is issued.
The fee has been fixed at EUR 21.
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