Article 102 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · TITLE FIVE. Of the Grounds for Extinction of the Criminal Action · CHAPTER VI. Prescription
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The periods for the prescription of the criminal action shall be continuous; in them the offense shall be considered with its modalities, and they shall be counted:
I.- From the moment in which the offense was consummated, if it is instantaneous;
II.- From the day in which the last act of execution was performed or the due conduct was omitted, if the offense is in the degree of attempt;
III.- From the day in which the last conduct was performed, in the case of a continuing offense; and
IV.- From the cessation of consummation in the permanent offense.