Certified copies? Nope. Not needed.
Client queries: “hey, Aaron, the clerk says the Hague Service Convention requires certified copies of the Summons and Complaint and something called an Apostille. Where do I get that?”
I get some variant of that question pretty regularly, most often from colleagues within just a few miles of me.*
For starters… no, the Hague Service Convention says nothing of the sort.
Sure, at one time, some Hague Central Authorities required court-certified copies to be submitted…