Article 108 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
Fourth Title. On the Responsibilities of Public Officials, Private Individuals Linked to Serious Administrative Faults or Acts of Corruption, and Patrimonial Responsibility of the State.
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 2 June 2026
For the effects of the responsibilities to which this Title refers, the representatives of popular election, the members of the Federal Judiciary, the officials and employees and, in general, every person who holds an employment, position or commission of any nature in the Congress of the Union or in the Federal Public Administration, as well as the public officials of the bodies to which this Constitution grants autonomy, shall be reputed as public officials, who shall be responsible for the acts or omissions that they incur in the performance of their respective functions.
During the time of his or her office, the President of the Republic may be accused and tried for treason against the homeland, acts of corruption, electoral crimes and all those crimes for which any citizen could be prosecuted.
The executives of the states (federal entities), the deputies to the Local Legislatures, the Magistrates of the Local Superior Courts of Justice (Tribunales Superiores de Justicia Locales), as the case may be, the members of the Councils of the Local Judicatures (Consejos de las Judicaturas Locales), the members of the Municipal Councils and Mayoralties (Ayuntamientos y Alcaldías), the members of the bodies to which the Local Constitutions grant autonomy, as well as the other local public officials, shall be responsible for violations of this Constitution and of the federal laws, as well as for the improper management and application of federal funds and resources.
The Constitutions of the states (federal entities) shall specify, in the same terms of the first paragraph of this article and for the effects of their responsibilities, the character of public officials of those who hold an employment, position or commission in the states (federal entities), the Municipalities and the territorial demarcations of Mexico City. Said public officials shall be responsible for the improper management of public resources and the public debt.
The public officials referred to in this article shall be obliged to present, under protest of telling the truth, their asset and interests declaration before the competent authorities and in the terms determined by law.