Article 397 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-SECOND. Crimes against persons in their patrimony · CHAPTER VI. Damage to another's property
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
From five to ten years of imprisonment and a fine of one hundred to five thousand pesos shall be imposed, on those who cause fire, flood or explosion with damage to or danger of:
I.- A building, dwelling or room where any person is found;
II.- Clothes, furniture or objects in such a form that they can cause serious personal harm;
III.- Public or notarial archives;
IV.- Libraries, museums, temples, schools or public buildings and monuments, and
V.- Mountains, forests, jungles, pastures, crops or cultivations of any kind.