Short answer
What you should know before deciding
What to review to distinguish an existing company name from a counterparty truly suitable for the proposed operation.
Essential points
- The exact company name and RFC are the starting point.
- Existing does not prove solvency or operational capacity.
- The powers must be compared with the specific act.
- The sources must be read together and with a cutoff date.
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Corporate identity
Request full name or company name, RFC, address, articles of incorporation and registration data. The commercial name does not replace the legal entity that will assume obligations.
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Corporate life in the Public Registry of Commerce
SIGER can provide registered commercial acts, such as constitution, transformations, mergers, dissolution and certain powers. The absence of an act in a query does not in itself prove that it never existed: registry office, migration and data quality matter.
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Representation and powers
Identify the signer and review the instrument from which their powers derive. A person may represent society for certain acts and lack sufficient powers for others. Limits, validity, revocations and signature rules must be read.
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Fiscal situation and public procurement
The publications of articles 69, 69-B and 69-B Bis of the CFF describe different assumptions and may change. Compras MX allows you to review participation in public procurement, but winning contracts does not in itself accredit quality, compliance or absence of sanctions.
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Integrated conclusion
The review must distinguish legal existence, representation capacity, fiscal signs, litigation, intellectual property and operational consistency. An isolated piece of information is rarely enough to accept or discard a relationship.
Practical application
What to check and what to ask
Useful documents or evidence
- Sufficient identifiers to avoid homonyms.
- Complete and legible documents related to the purpose.
- Evidence of the source, date of consultation and status of the result.
- Clarifications and supports provided by the person investigated.
Control questions
- What decision should this review inform?
- What evidence confirms the data?
- What limits should be expressed?
Frequent errors
- Search without a defined purpose.
- Confusing a coincidence with a confirmed fact.
- Ignore date, source or status of the result.
Official sources consulted
Scope and limits of this information
This content is educational and does not constitute legal advice for a specific case. A match does not confirm identity; a lawsuit is not equivalent to a sentence; a publication must be read in its state and date; The absence of findings only describes the sources reviewed and does not guarantee absence of risk.
Availability, coverage and updating of records vary. Before making a material decision, allow clarification, preserve evidence and request specialized advice when the result depends on a legal, fiscal, registry or contractual interpretation.
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