Article 30 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK ONE · TITLE TWO · CHAPTER V. Pecuniary sanction
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The reparation of damage must be integral, adequate, efficacious, effective, proportional to the gravity of the damage caused and to the affectation suffered, it shall comprise at least:
I.The restitution of the thing obtained by the crime and, if it is not possible, the payment of the price of the same, at its updated value;
II.The compensation (indemnity) for the material and moral damage caused, including the medical and psychological attention, of the social services and of rehabilitation or curative treatments necessary for the recovery of health, that the victim has required or requires, as a consequence of the crime. In the cases of crimes against the free development of the personality, liberty and normal psychosexual development and in his mental health, as well as of family violence, it shall additionally comprise the payment of the psychotherapeutic treatments that are necessary for the victim;
III.The redress of the harms occasioned;
IV.The payment of the loss of economic income and lost profit; for this, the wage that the victim had at the moment of suffering the crime shall be taken as a base and, in the case of not having that information, it shall be in accordance with the minimum wage in force in the place in which the act occurs;
V.The cost of the loss of opportunities, in particular employment, education and social benefits, according to his circumstances;
VI.The declaration that reestablishes the dignity and reputation of the victim, through electronic or written means;
VII.The public apology, the acceptance of responsibility, as well as the guarantee of non-repetition, when the crime is committed by public officials.
The means for rehabilitation must be as complete as possible, and must allow the victim to participate fully in public, private and social life.