Ley General de los Derechos de Niñas, Niños y Adolescentes, Video Game Age Verification (Art. 69 Bis)
Ley General de los Derechos de Niñas Niños y Adolescentes (LGDNNA), art. 69 Bis, adicionado por decreto publicado en el Diario Oficial de la Federación el 9 de marzo de 2018
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In force since 10 March 2018.
An adult content age verification (AV) rule binding private bodies.
As of 7 September 2026.
What this law does
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Article 69 Bis requires the Secretaría de Gobernación to issue the guidelines classifying video games distributed, marketed, or rented by any means, and to oversee compliance. A video-game distributor must print or affix the applicable classification on the game's cover and in its advertising. A video-game marketer must not advertise, exhibit, sell, or rent a video game whose classification is not visible under the guidelines.
A video-game marketer or renter must require a person seeking to buy or rent a video game classified as exclusively for adults to prove they have reached the age of majority, without which the sale or rental may not proceed. Article 148, fracción VII Bis, makes contravening this duty an infraction, sanctioned under Article 149 with a fine of 3,000 to 30,000 days of the general minimum wage in effect when the conduct occurred, doubled on recidivism. The article itself does not specify a required proof-of-age method.
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
Secretaría de Gobernación
What it reaches
Covered services
Video-game distributors, marketers (comercializadores), and renters (arrendadores), for any video game classified as exclusively for adults
Obligation class
Age verification