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Certified Mexican Property Deed Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record the ownership of land and buildings in Mexico, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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The escritura, and the Registro Público de la Propiedad
Mexican title is an escritura pública before a notario público — a state-appointed office, limited in number, not a US-style notary — and it is inscribed at the state Registro Público de la Propiedad.
The deed carries the escritura number, the notary's number and state, and the volume and entry of the inscription. Those four references identify the document, and we reproduce all of them.
The fideicomiso, in the restricted zone
Foreigners cannot hold direct title within 50 kilometres of the coast or 100 of a border. Property there is held through a bank trust (fideicomiso), and the "deed" is a trust instrument with the bank as trustee.
A US reader who reads that as ownership misstates the position: the beneficiary has use, enjoyment and the right to instruct the bank, and the trust runs for a renewable term. We translate it as what it is.
Ejido land, which is a different system
A large share of Mexican land is ejido, communally held under agrarian law, with rights certified by the RAN rather than titled in the property registry.
Ejido rights can be regularised into private title but until they are they are not the same thing, and a document from the agrarian registry is not a deed. We name the system the document belongs to.
The cadastral key, and the predial
Property carries a clave catastral assigned by the municipality and a cuenta predial for property tax, and the deed recites boundaries, measures and neighbours (medidas y colindancias).
Those recitals are what identifies the land. We translate them in full. See our Spanish page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Is a Mexican notary a US notary?
No. A state-appointed office, limited in number, who authors the deed. Nothing like a US notary.
What is a fideicomiso?
A bank trust holding coastal or border property for a foreign beneficiary. Use and enjoyment, not direct title.
My document is from the agrarian registry.
That is ejido land, communally held. Not a property registry title.
Why does the deed list the neighbours?
Medidas y colindancias identify the land. They are part of the description, not decoration.
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