Doing Business 2020
Mexico
Details – Registering Property in Mexico City – Measure of Quality
Answer
Score
Quality of the land administration index (0-30) 16.0
Reliability of infrastructure index (0-8) 5.0
Type of land registration system in the economy: Deed Registration
System What is the institution in charge of immovable property registration? Registro Público de la
Propiedad y de
Comercio de la
Ciudad de México In what format are past and newly issued land records kept at the immovable property registry of the largest
business city of the economy —in a paper format or in a computerized format (scanned or fully digital)? Computer/Scanned 1.0
Is there a comprehensive and functional electronic database for checking for encumbrances (liens, mortgages,
restrictions and the like)? Yes 1.0
Institution in charge of the plans showing legal boundaries in the largest business city: Ministry of Housing
and Urban
Development of
Ciudad de Mexico
(Secretaría de
Desarrollo Urbano y
Vivienda or SEDUVI) In what format are past and newly issued cadastral plans kept at the mapping agency of the largest business
city of the economy—in a paper format or in a computerized format (scanned or fully digital)? Computer/Fully digital 2.0
Is there an electronic database for recording boundaries, checking plans and providing cadastral information
(geographic information system)? Yes 1.0
Is the information recorded by the immovable property registration agency and the cadastral or mapping agency
kept in a single database, in different but linked databases or in separate databases? Separate databases 0.0
Do the immovable property registration agency and cadastral or mapping agency use the same identification
number for properties? No 0.0
Transparency of information index (0–6)
4.0
Who is able to obtain information on land ownership at the agency in charge of immovable property registration
in the largest business city? Anyone who pays the
official fee 1.0
Is the list of documents that are required to complete any type of property transaction made publicly available–
and if so, how? Yes, online 0.5
Link for online access: The website
http://data.consejeria.
cdmx.gob.mx/index.p
hp/dgrppyc lists all
the services provided
by the registry,
including their costs
and waiting time. For
transfers:
http://data.consejeria.
cdmx.gob.mx/index.p
hp/dgrppyc/catalogo-
de-tramites-
inscripcion For
transfers and non
encumbraces
certificates:
http://www.tramites.c
dmx.gob.mx/index.ph
p/ts/589/1: Is the applicable fee schedule for any type of property transaction at the agency in charge of immovable property
registration in the largest business city made publicly available–and if so, how? Yes, online Link for online access: http://ovica.finanzas.d
f.gob.mx/Informacion
Tramites.aspx
0.5
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