Office of Private International Law
Office of the Legal Adviser
Department of State
2430 E Street, NW
Room 357, South Building
WASHINGTON, DC 20037-2851
United States of America

 
Please note that the above-mentioned National Organ has been designated in accordance with Article 7 of the Statute, with a view to facilitating communication between the Members of the Conference and the Permanent Bureau. Please click here to see which authorities have been designated by the United States in accordance with the Conventions mentioned below.  

• Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents [12]
• Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [14]
• Convention of 18 March 1970 on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters [20]
• Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28]
• Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [33]

• Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition [30]
• Convention of 5 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities held with an Intermediary [36]
• Convention of 30 June 2005 on Choice of Court Agreements [37]
• Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance [38]