Article 250 Bis 1 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE THIRTEEN. Falsity · CHAPTER VII. Usurpation of public functions or of profession and improper use of decorations, uniforms, hierarchical ranks, insignia, badges and acronyms
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
From one to six years of imprisonment and from one hundred to three hundred days fine shall be imposed on anyone who:
I.- Stores, distributes, possesses or introduces into the national territory falsified uniforms or rank insignia of the armed forces or of any public security institution;
II.- Acquires, transfers or uses by any means or title, falsified uniforms, rank insignia, beaconing, identification credentials or insignias of the armed forces or of any public security institution;
III.- Obtains, keeps, provides or transfers without authorization the true uniforms or rank insignia of the armed forces or of any public security institution;
IV.- When vehicles with beaconing, colors, equipment, original, falsified or with such appearance that they resemble the vehicles used by the armed forces or public security institutions are used, and
V.- On anyone who uses uniforms, beaconing, insignias, identification credentials and rank insignia with a size similar or equal to the regulatory one of the armed forces or of public security institutions, when said pieces, without being a copy of the original, present some of the images or elements of those contained in them, resulting thereby in objects or pieces with a similar appearance, confusable with those legally issued, with the object of passing himself off as a public official.
From five to twelve years of imprisonment and from two hundred to six hundred days fine shall be imposed on anyone who carries out any of the conducts provided in this Article with the purpose of committing any crime or when the perpetrator is or has been a public official of the armed forces or of any public security institution.
For the purposes of this Article, uniforms, insignias, identification credentials, medals, rank insignia, beaconing, badges, shields, documents, stickers, distinctive marks or pieces that contain images, initials or other elements used in institutions of the armed forces or of public security or for the administration of justice are understood as those indicated in the applicable provisions of said institutions, and only those acquired, distributed or transferred by persons authorized for it or to whom the respective contract has been awarded by the competent institution, in accordance with the applicable provisions, shall be considered authentic.