Mexico

National Cultural Heritage Laws

Source: UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws UNESCO/CLT/Natlaws

Document	Years	Themes	Categories	Language
Federal Law on national properties	2001	Authorization, Permits, License Compensation Dealer trade Inventory, Registry Maintenance Sanctions Statutes of limitation Transfer of ownership	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Natural Heritage Underwater Cultural Heritage	Español
Federal Law on monuments and archaeological, artistic, and historical zones	1986	Authorization, Permits, License Compensation Dealer trade Exportation Illicit traffic Inventory, Registry Maintenance Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good Restitution Return Sanctions Statutory Bodies Creation Theft Transfer of ownership	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property Natural Heritage	Español
Procedure INAH-00-003: Permit for allowing the exportation of reproductions of archaeological and historical monuments and to obtain registration in the INAH registry of reproducers and exporters	2003	Authorization, Permits, License Exportation Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Steps for obtaining a licence for the temporary or final export of moveable properties and/or monuments	2005	Authorization, Permits, License Exportation Return	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Steps to request the transport and/or exhibition of archaeological monuments	2005	Authorization, Permits, License Exportation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Organic law of the National Institute of Anthropology and History	1939	Authorization, Permits, License Exploration license Inventory, Registry Maintenance Promotion and Development Restitution Return Statutory Bodies Creation	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Safety standards of the Museums	1986	Maintenance Statutory Bodies Creation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decree whereby all kinds of artistic works made by painter José María Velasco are declared to be Historical Monuments	1943	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decree for declaring Historical Monuments all works of Gerardo Murillo Coronado (Doctor Atl)	1964	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decree whereby the works of art produced by the artist David Alfaro Siquieros are declared artistic monuments	1980	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decree whereby all the works of art produced by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo Calderon are declared to be artistic monuments, including easel, graphic works, engravings and technical documents, whether property of the nation or of private individuals	1984	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decree by which all the artistic work of Saturnino Herran is declared to be an artistic monument (second publication)	1988	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decree declaring all kinds of works of art by the late painters José Clemente Orozco and Diego Rivera to be historical monuments	1959	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Agreement N. 317 whereby all the works of art produced by the artist Maria Izquierdo are declared artistic monuments	2002	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Agreement N.307 whereby the works of art produced by the artist Remedios Varo Uranga are declared artistic monuments	2001	Maintenance Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Convenio de proteccion y restitucion de monumentos arquelogicos, artisticos e historicos entre el gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el Gobierno de Belice	1996	Maintenance Protected Area or Good Restitution	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Convenio de proteccion y restitucion de monumentos arquelogicos , artisticos e historicos entre el gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el gobierno de la Republica de El Salvador	1992	Maintenance Restitution	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Convenio de proteccion y restitucion de monumentos arquelogicos , artisticos e historicos entre el gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el gobierno de la Republica de Guatemala	1977	Restitution	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
General Law on National Assets (translation)	2004	Promotion and Development	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Presidential agreement establishing the minimal requirements for safeguarding the cultural assets residing in museums	1986	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Law amending, adding and derogating several provisions regarding Fiscal Matters	1981		Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Decree under which amendments and additions are made to the Federal Law on archeological, artistic and historic monuments and zones	1984	Maintenance Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Decree under which amendments and additions are made to the Federal Law on archeological, artistic and historic monuments and zones	1986	Maintenance Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Decree amending the Organic Law of the National Institute for Anthropology and History	1986	Maintenance Promotion and Development Statutory Bodies Creation	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Decree by which several legal provisions are amended	1998		Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Convenio tecnico-operativo para la restitucion y el combate del trafico ilicito de monumentos arqueologicos, artisticos e historicos entre la secretaria de educacion publica de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el ministerio de cultura y deportes de la republica de Guatemala	1995	Illicit traffic Restitution	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Convenio de proteccion y restitucion de monumentos arqueologicos, artisticos e historicos, entre la Republica de Guatemala y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos	1975	Protected Area or Good Restitution	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Compilacion de textos legislativos sobre proteccion de la propriedad cultural mueble		Authorization, Permits, License Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decreto 1976 sobre los derechos por los requestos, autorizaciones relacionados con monumentos y zonas arqueologicas	1975	Authorization, Permits, License Inventory, Registry	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Decreto de promulgacion del convenio para la proteccion del patrimonio Mundial, Cultural y Natural	1972	World heritage	Cultural Immovable Heritage Natural Heritage	Español
Ley general de bienes nacionales	1982	Maintenance		Español
Reglamento de la ley federal sobre Monumentos y zonas aqueologicas, artisticas y historicas	1975	Promotion and Development	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Ley que crea el instituto nacional de bellas artes y literatura	1946	Statutory Bodies Creation	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Normas minimas de seguridad para la proteccion del patrimonio cultural que albergan los museos	1986	Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
A Resolution condemning acts of vandalism at archaeological sites and Illicit export of prehistoric treasures from the Republic of Mexico	1959	Exportation Illicit traffic	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	English
Ley federal sobre monumentos y zonas arqueologicas, artisticas e historicas Ley federal sobre monumentos y zonas arqueologicas, artisticas e historicas (unofficial translation)	1972	Inventory, Registry Protected Area or Good Sanctions	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Acuerdo-circular para llevar el cabo el transporte de monumentos arqueologicos, historicos y demas objetos de museos dentro del instituto o fuera del mismo	2000	Exportation Illicit traffic	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Ley General de Bienes Nacionales (ultima reforma 31 agosto 2007)	2007	Promotion and Development Protected Area or Good	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Ley de Expropriacion (ultima reforma 4 dicembre 1997)	1997	Good faith acquisition Illicit traffic Statutes of limitation Transfer of ownership	Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español
Ley Federal de Turismo (ultima reforma 5 junio 2000)	2000	Promotion and Development	Cultural Immovable Heritage	Español
Ley federal sobre monumentos y zonas arqueologicos, artisticos y historicos de 1972 (con la ultima reforma de 28-01- 2015)	2015	Exportation Illicit traffic Importation Promotion and Development Loan	Cultural Immovable Heritage Cultural Movable Heritage - Cultural Property	Español