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 Mexico - Central Authority & practical information
Address

Central Authority(ies):

General Direction of Legal Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
(la Dirección General de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores)

Contact details:

Address: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Directorate-General of Legal Affairs
Plaza Juárez No. 20, Planta Baja
Edificio Tlatelolco
Colonia Centro
delegación Cuauhtémoc
C.P. 06010
Mexico, Distrito Federal
Telephone:

+52 (55) 36865241 (switchboard)

Fax: +52 (55) 36865236
E-mail: dgajuridicos@sre.gob.mx
General website: http://www.sre.gob.mx/english/
Contact person: For more information on contact persons, click here (in Spanish only).
Languages spoken by staff: Spanish

Practical Information:

Forwarding authorities
(Art. 3(1)):
General Direction of Legal Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Methods of service:
(Art. 5(1)(2))
Personal service
Translation requirements:
(Art. 5(3))

In relation to Article 5, when the judicial and extrajudicial documents to be served in Mexican territory are written in a language other than Spanish, they must be accompanied by the corresponding translation.

(...) besides English and French, request forms addressed to the Mexican Central Authority should be filled in Spanish, according to Article 5 of the Convention [this declaration is currently under consideration by the relevant Mexican authorities].

Click here to read all the declarations and reservations made by Mexico under this Convention.

Costs relating to execution of the Request for service (Art. 12) In relation to the first paragraph of Article 12, the costs occasioned by serving judicial or extrajudicial documents will be covered by the applicant, unless the State in which the documents originate does not demand payment for those services from Mexico [this declaration is currently under consideration by the relevant Mexican authorities].

Click here to read all the declarations and reservations made by Mexico under this Convention.

Oppositions and declarations
(Art. 21(2)):
(Click here to read all the declarations and reservations made by Mexico under this Convention.)
Art. 8(2): Opposition
Art. 10(a): Additional information – see declarations  [this declaration is currently under consideration by the relevant Mexican authorities]
Art. 10(b): Additional information – see declarations [this declaration is currently under consideration by the relevant Mexican authorities]
Art. 10(c): Additional information – see declarations [this declaration is currently under consideration by the relevant Mexican authorities]
Art. 15(2): No declaration of applicability (see declaration confirming non-applicability)
Art. 16(3): Declaration
Derogatory channels (bilateral or multilateral agreements or internal law permitting other transmission channels)
(Arts. 11, 19, 24 and 25)

Disclaimer:
Information may not be complete or fully updated - please contact the relevant authorities to verify this information.

To consult bilateral and multilateral treaties to which Mexico is a party, see: http://www.sre.gob.mx/tratados/.  

Multilateral conventions on judicial co-operation:
- Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (Panama City, 13 January 1975).
- Additional Protocol to the Inter-American Convention on Letters Rogatory (Montevideo, 8 May 1979).
www.oas.org

Useful links: http://webapps.sre.gob.mx/rogatorias/ (track service for letters rogatory) (only in Spanish)
http://www.sre.gob.mx/tramites/exhortos/default.htm (International letters rogatory) (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

(This page was last updated on 11 August 2009)

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