Where does this come from, and when was it checked?

The quotation is from Ley de Propiedad en Condominio de Inmuebles para el Distrito Federal, art. 34, at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on October 5, 2026.

Legal reference

Arrears: what happens when owners do not pay in Mexico City

Short answer

Owners or possessors in arrears lose their vote at the general assembly but always keep their voice, except in assemblies convened to change the constitutive deed, end the condominium regime or affect ownership of the property. In arrears means two or more unpaid cuotas to the maintenance and reserve funds, an unpaid extraordinary cuota, or an unpaid court or administrative award for damages to the condominium. Those in arrears do not count for the quorum and cannot be elected administrator or sit on the supervisory committee.

What the law says

Original wording of the law (Spanish). The summary and the notes around it are ours.

Con excepción de las Asambleas Generales convocadas para modificar la Escritura Constitutiva, extinguir el Régimen de Propiedad en Condominio o afectar el dominio del inmueble, se suspenderá a los condóminos o poseedores morosos su derecho a voto conservando siempre su derecho a voz, en la Asamblea General. Par efectos de esta Ley son casos de morosos los siguientes: I. La falta de pago de dos cuotas o más para el fondo de mantenimiento y administración y el fondo de reserva; II. La falta de pago de una cuota extraordinaria de acuerdo a los plazos establecidos; y/o III. Cuando por sentencia judicial o laudo administrativo debidamente ejecutoriado, se haya condenado al pago de daños a favor del condominio y éste no haya sido cubierto. En estos supuestos no serán considerados para el quórum de instalación de la Asamblea General, estando impedidos para ser electos como Administrador Condómino, o como miembros del Comité de Vigilancia.

Provision: Ley de Propiedad en Condominio de Inmuebles para el Distrito Federal, art. 34 · Official text

Last verified: October 5, 2026

What this means in practice

Late cuotas bear default interest at the legal rate fixed in the assembly or the internal rules, which the law caps at nine per cent a year. A settlement statement signed by the administrator and the chair of the supervisory committee, with the receipts and a certified copy of the minutes, is an enforceable title once two ordinary cuotas or one extraordinary cuota are unpaid. Before starting a procedure at the Procuraduría Social, the administrator must show a completed internal mediation. This page covers Mexico City only.

General information, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer in Mexico City before relying on it, and read your building's own documents: they can change how a rule applies.

Where Unitify fits

Unitify records the debt per unit, records payments and sends reminders. Interest, voting limits, liens and enforcement come from the law above and your own rules and are applied by people; Unitify records the debt and the payments.

How this works in Unitify

Questions and answers

What are the consequences of unpaid contributions in Mexico City?: Owners or possessors in arrears lose their vote at the general assembly but always keep their voice, except in assemblies convened to change the constitutive deed, end the condominium regime or affect ownership of the property. In arrears means two or more unpaid cuotas to the maintenance and reserve funds, an unpaid extraordinary cuota, or an unpaid court or administrative award for damages to the condominium. Those in arrears do not count for the quorum and cannot be elected administrator or sit on the supervisory committee.
Where does this come from, and when was it checked?: The quotation is from Ley de Propiedad en Condominio de Inmuebles para el Distrito Federal, art. 34, at the official source linked on this page. It was last checked against that source on October 5, 2026.

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