Article 384 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-SECOND. Crimes against persons in their patrimony · CHAPTER II. Breach of trust
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The unlawful possession of the retained thing is deemed breach of trust if the holder or possessor of it does not return it despite being formally requested to do so by the person who has the right, or does not deliver it to the authority, so that the latter may dispose of it in accordance with the law.