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Do You Want to Buy Ejido Land?

Think again.

Since I have been asked this many times, I hereby submit for your benefit, a detailed description of the process required by law to privatize Ejido Land, pursuant to the Mexican Agrarian Law.

The process consists of four stages, which are the following:.- The whole Ejido community must be current with their respective plot rights. To do this they must have performed, previously, a meeting to establish individual metes and bounds (article 56 of the Agrarian Law).

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Mexico’s Beaches Are Known As “Federal Maritime Zone”

Thus if you are planning to buy property on the beach in Mexico then you must fully understand what the Federal Maritime Zone is.

The Federal Maritime Zone, per law, is described as a 20-meter wide strip of land that is transitable and next to the beach (playa mar)”. Let’s break this down to make sure we are clear on what we are talking about:

1.- The Federal Maritime Zone is 20 meters wide. There are several types of Federal Zone. This article is only making reference to the Federal MARITIME Zone.

2.- It must be “transitable” land, that I, it must be possible to cross. More on this below.

3.- It is measured from what the law considers a “beach”.

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