Article 109 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
When for exercising or continuing the criminal action a prior resolution of a jurisdictional authority is necessary, the prescription shall begin to run from the moment the irrevocable judgment is issued.