As a consequence of the evolution of technology and the place it has occupied in recent years, it is of utmost importance that the Law adopts the dynamic and evolutionary character that defines technology. For this reason, last August 4, a decree was published in the Official Gazette of Mexico City, amending and adding several articles to the Civil Code for the Federal District and the Notary Law for Mexico City (the "Decree"). 

By virtue of the foregoing, the Civil Code of Mexico City (the "Civil Code"), contemplates as part of the legacy, the digital assets stored in any computer equipment, server, digital safekeeping platform, electronic device, social networks or physical devices used to access an electronically restricted resource.

Likewise, the Open Public Will may be carried out by electronic means, provided that the testator is in any of the circumstances established by law, including danger of death or that the testator is seriously ill; and has the possibility of communicating with the notary through an electronic device and the notary can see and hear the testator, as well as talk to him directly, simultaneously and in real time during the entire act of the granting of the will. 

Therefore, there were also reforms in the Notary Law (the "Law"), in order to adapt it to this new technological panorama, adding defined terms such as "Electronic Instrument" and "Computer System", as well as the regulation of these new figures in the Notary Law.

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