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Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico (Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros)

Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico (Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros)

ACUERDO DE CESIÓN DE BIENES FUTUROS

Future Assets Assignment Agreement

Celebrado conforme al Artículo 1826 del Código Civil Federal (CCF)

I. PARTES

CEDENTE:

Nombre / Razón Social: [Assignor Name]

RFC: [Assignor RFC]

Domicilio: [Assignor Address]

Representante: [Assignor Representative]

CESIONARIO:

Nombre / Razón Social: [Assignee Name]

RFC: [Assignee RFC]

Domicilio: [Assignee Address]

Representante: [Assignee Representative]

Las partes celebran el presente Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros conforme al Artículo 1826 del Código Civil Federal, al tenor de las siguientes cláusulas:

II. OBJETO — BIENES FUTUROS CEDIDOS

El Cedente cede al Cesionario los derechos sobre los siguientes bienes futuros conforme al Artículo 1826 CCF:

[Asset Description]

Condición de Existencia: [Existence Condition].

Estructura de la Cesión: [Structure Type].

III. CONTRAPRESTACIÓN

El Cesionario pagará al Cedente la siguiente contraprestación: [Consideration].

Mecanismo de Entrega y Notificación: [Delivery Mechanism].

IV. DECLARACIÓN DE CUMPLIMIENTO — ARTÍCULO 1827 CCF

Las partes confirman expresamente que el presente acuerdo NO constituye un pacto sobre herencia futura prohibido por el Artículo 1827 del Código Civil Federal. Confirmación: [Inheritance Compliance].

Los bienes objeto del presente acuerdo son bienes futuros específicos e identificables conforme al Artículo 1826 CCF — no constituyen derechos hereditarios ni expectativas de herencia sobre bienes de persona viva alguna.

V. DECLARACIONES Y GARANTÍAS DEL CEDENTE

El Cedente declara y garantiza que: (a) no ha cedido previamente los mismos bienes futuros a tercero alguno; (b) no existe impedimento legal conocido que impida la cesión; (c) tomará todas las acciones razonablemente necesarias para que los bienes futuros lleguen a existir conforme a lo pactado; (d) los bienes estarán libres de gravámenes al momento de su entrega.

VI. INCUMPLIMIENTO Y REMEDIOS

En caso de incumplimiento imputable al Cedente de sus obligaciones de generar y entregar los bienes futuros, el Cesionario tendrá derecho a reclamar daños y perjuicios conforme a los Artículos 2104–2118 del Código Civil Federal, incluyendo lucro cesante y daño emergente. En estructura condicional, si los bienes no llegan a existir por caso fortuito o fuerza mayor, ninguna parte incurre en incumplimiento y se restituirán las contraprestaciones recibidas.

VII. LEY APLICABLE Y JURISDICCIÓN

El presente acuerdo se rige por el Código Civil Federal, el Código de Comercio y las demás leyes aplicables de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Para cualquier controversia, las partes se someten a los Juzgados de Distrito en Materia Civil Federal del domicilio del Cedente, con renuncia a cualquier otro fuero.

FIRMAS

En [Contract City], a [Contract Date].

CEDENTE:

[Assignor Name]

Representado por: [Assignor Representative]

Firma: _________________________

CESIONARIO:

[Assignee Name]

Representado por: [Assignee Representative]

Firma: _________________________

Assignor (Cedente)

________________

Signature

Assignee (Cesionario)

________________

Signature

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What Is a Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico (Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros)?

A Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico (Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros) is a written contract by which one party — the assignor (cedente) — agrees to assign, transfer, or convey rights over assets (bienes) that do not yet exist or have not yet been acquired by the assignor at the time the agreement is executed, in favour of another party — the assignee (cesionario) — upon the occurrence of specified future conditions or upon acquisition of the assets. In Mexico, this type of agreement is governed by the Código Civil Federal (CCF), specifically Articles 1826 and 1827, which regulate the sale and assignment of future things (cosas futuras).

CCF Article 1826 establishes a foundational rule of Mexican civil law: things (cosas) that do not yet exist at the time of contracting may validly be the subject of a contract — provided the parties have agreed that the contract is conditional on those things coming into existence. This principle enables commercial and civil planning around assets that a party expects to acquire, produce, or develop — such as future crop yields (cosechas futuras), assets to be manufactured, receivables arising from future transactions, intellectual property to be created, or real estate to be developed. Article 1826 CCF reflects the civil law doctrine of contractual object (objeto del contrato) — where the object must be determinable even if not currently determined.

CCF Article 1827 provides a critical limitation — agreements that have as their object the entire estate of a future inheritance (herencia futura) are null and void (nulas) under Mexican law. This prohibition on pactos sobre herencia futura (pacts on future inheritance) is a cornerstone of Mexican succession law, designed to prevent premature alienation of inheritance rights before the testator's death and to protect the freedom of testators to modify their testamentary dispositions. The distinction between a permissible future assets assignment (bienes futuros determinados) and a prohibited future inheritance pact (herencia futura) is critical — a properly drafted agreement must clearly specify the particular future asset being assigned, not attempt to convey a share of a future estate.

For commercial future assets — such as accounts receivable to be generated from future commercial operations (cuentas por cobrar futuras), inventory to be manufactured (inventario a producirse), or intellectual property under development — the Código de Comercio (CCom) Article 75 classifies assignments in commercial contexts as mercantile acts (actos de comercio). The CCom commercial framework supplements the CCF civil framework with shorter limitation periods, commercial interest provisions, and access to commercial judicial proceedings (procedimientos mercantiles) before the Juzgados de Distrito en Materia Civil Federal.

For assignments of future real estate rights — such as rights under a promesa de venta (promise to sell) for a property under construction — the Ley del Notariado for the relevant state and the Registro Público de la Propiedad (RPP) recording requirements apply. Future real estate assignments are commonly used in pre-construction sales (ventas sobre planos) in Mexico's residential and commercial development sectors, where the developer assigns future delivery rights under a condominium regime governed by the Ley de Propiedad en Condominio de Inmuebles para el Distrito Federal or state equivalents.

When Do You Need a Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico (Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros)?

A Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico is required whenever a party needs to formally convey rights over assets that will come into existence or be acquired in the future — enabling planning, financing, and risk allocation around assets not yet owned, under CCF Articles 1826–1827.

The agreement is essential in trade financing (financiamiento comercial) where a business pledges or assigns future accounts receivable (cuentas por cobrar futuras) to a financial institution or factoring company as security or consideration for a credit line. Under the Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito (LGTOC), future receivables may be assigned to a factor (empresa de factoraje) through a factoraje financiero agreement — the Future Assets Assignment Agreement documents the assignment mechanism and the conditions under which receivables, once generated, transfer automatically to the assignee.

The document is needed in agricultural lending (crédito agropecuario) where a farmer or agrarian community (ejidatario) under the Ley Agraria assigns rights over future crop yields (cosechas futuras) or livestock offspring to a lending institution as security for a habilitación y avío credit — the most common agricultural credit instrument in Mexico regulated by the LGTOC.

A Future Assets Assignment Agreement is required in intellectual property development contexts where a company or investor advances funding to a developer or creative professional against an assignment of future IP rights — software to be developed, patentable inventions to be created, or copyrighted works to be authored. Under LFPPI Article 68 and the Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor (LFDA), future IP assignment is permissible when the works or inventions are sufficiently identified by type, purpose, and expected completion timeline.

The agreement is also used in corporate restructuring and succession planning where business owners arrange for the future assignment of shareholding rights (derechos accionarios) or partnership interests (partes sociales) to family members or successors upon the occurrence of specific trigger events (retiro, incapacidad, fallecimiento). This planning mechanism operates within CCF Articles 1826–1827 and must carefully avoid the prohibition on future inheritance pacts under Article 1827.

Under CCF arts. 1826–1827, any arrangement involving the assignment of future assets should be documented in writing with precise identification of the asset, trigger conditions, consideration, and delivery mechanism — oral or informal agreements about future asset transfers create significant legal uncertainty and enforcement risk.

What to Include in Your Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico (Acuerdo de Cesión de Bienes Futuros)

A valid Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico under CCF Articles 1826–1827 must contain the following essential elements to be enforceable before Mexican civil courts and to withstand challenge as a prohibited future inheritance pact:

Identification of Parties: Full legal name, RFC (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes), official identity document number (INE/IFE for individuals; Acta Constitutiva and RPC for entities), and domicilio of both the assignor (cedente) and the assignee (cesionario). For assignments involving real property rights, both parties must appear before a Notario Público for public deed execution.

Description of Future Assets: A precise, specific description of the future asset being assigned — this is the most critical element of the agreement under CCF Article 1826. The description must be sufficient to identify the asset when it comes into existence. For future receivables: the source transaction, counterparty, estimated amount range, and generation timeline. For future real estate: the development project, unit number or specifications, expected completion date. For future IP: the type of work, scope, and development timeline. General assignments of 'all future assets' or 'all future earnings' without sufficient specificity may be void for lack of determinable object.

Conditions of Assignment Effectiveness: The specific condition or event upon which the assignment becomes effective — delivery of a completed work, generation of a receivable, acquisition of a property title. Under CCF Articles 1938–1949 on conditional obligations (obligaciones condicionales), the assignment's effect is suspended until the condition is fulfilled (condición suspensiva). If the condition fails to materialise within the agreed timeframe, the assignee's rights are extinguished.

Consideration: The price (precio), royalty (regalía), or other consideration paid by the assignee in exchange for the future assets assignment. Under CCF Article 2248, if the consideration is a price, the agreement constitutes a sale of a future thing (compraventa de cosa futura). If no price is specified, the transfer may be characterised as a donation (donación) subject to formality requirements under CCF Articles 2332–2346.

PROHIBITED CONTENT — ARTICLE 1827 COMPLIANCE: Express acknowledgment that the agreement does not constitute a pact on a future inheritance (pacto sobre herencia futura), as such pacts are null and void under CCF Article 1827. The agreement should affirmatively state that the assets assigned are identified specific future assets, not a share of the assignor's expected estate upon death.

Delivery Mechanism: The procedure by which the assignor will perfect the transfer upon the future asset coming into existence — execution of a formal transfer document (escritura), notification to obligors of assigned receivables, registration at the Registro Público de la Propiedad, or delivery of possession.

Representations and Risk Allocation: Assignor's representation that no prior encumbrances (gravámenes) or assignments of the same future asset exist; allocation of risk of non-existence (riesgo de inexistencia) — whether the assignee bears the risk that the asset never comes into existence (aleatory structure) or the assignor guarantees the asset's existence (guaranteed structure).

Default and Remedies: Consequences of assignor's failure to transfer the asset upon its acquisition — liability under CCF Articles 2104–2118 for contractual breach (incumplimiento), including specific performance (ejecución forzada) or damages (daños y perjuicios), and any agreed pena convencional under CCF Article 2117.

Forms-legal.com provides this Future Assets Assignment Agreement Mexico template as a practical starting point. Agreements involving significant assets, real property rights, or estate planning implications should be reviewed and, where required, formalised before a Notario Público to ensure compliance with CCF Articles 1826–1827 and applicable state law.

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