Enforcing Contracts - Mexico

This topic looks at the efficiency of contract enforcement by following the evolution of a sale of goods dispute and tracking the time, cost and number of procedures involved from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit until actual payment.

The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business subnational project in Mexico, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in cities and regions.

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Economy ▲	The time to resolve a dispute, counted from the moment the plaintiff files the lawsuit in court until payment. This includes both the days when actions take place and the waiting periods between. More informationTime (days)	The cost in court fees and attorney fees, where the use of attorneys is mandatory or common, expressed as a percentage of the debt value. More informationCost (% of claim)	The average number of procedures to enforce a contract. The list of procedural steps compiled for each economy traces the chronology of a commercial dispute before the relevant court. More informationProcedures (number)
Acapulco	375	29.4	38
Aguascalientes	271	20.6	38
Campeche	355	22.9	37
Cancún (Benito Juárez)	560	28.1	38
Celaya	385	25.8	38
Ciudad de México	415	32.0	38
Ciudad Juárez	290	22.8	38
Colima	310	21.7	37
Cuernavaca	461	32.9	38
Culiacán	290	21.3	38
Durango	243	28.7	37
Guadalajara	360	26.6	37
Hermosillo	366	29.0	37
La Paz	497	33.3	38
Matamoros	245	31.8	38
Mérida	398	25.3	37
Monterrey	236	30.4	38
Morelia	340	21.0	38
Oaxaca de Juárez	353	36.3	38
Pachuca de Soto	320	24.0	38
Puebla	391	30.2	38
Querétaro	324	28.2	38
San Luis Potosí	341	23.2	38
Tepic	310	29.3	37
Tijuana	416	27.4	38
Tlalnepantla de Baz	375	29.2	38
Tlaxcala	455	32.0	38
Torreón	270	27.9	37
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	337	24.0	38
Veracruz	470	24.9	38
Villahermosa (Centro)	314	27.7	38
Zacatecas	248	22.6	37

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