Bulgarian Notary Competition Exam study plan
Bulgarian Notary Competition Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Civil law (obligations, property, family, inheritance) & Notarial law and notarial practice (Notaries and Notarial Activity Act)
Outline the general law of obligations (sources, performance, non-performance, security, assignment) into a structured one-page map
Distinguish the main real rights (ownership, superficies, usufruct, servitudes, mortgage) and state their acquisition and extinction modes
Identify which civil-law transactions require notarial form under the Notaries and Notarial Activity Act and draft a checklist of formal requirements
Explain the notary's duty to verify capacity, identity, and legality of the transaction before certification
Your checkpoint
A 2-page comparative table mapping each real right and each notarially-required transaction to its legal basis and formal requirements
Civil law (obligations, property, family, inheritance) & Family and inheritance law specifics
Structure the rules of intestate succession by order of heirs and compute shares in a three-generation hypothetical
Apply reserved-portion (forced heirship) rules to a will and calculate the disposable share
Compare testamentary forms and explain the notary's role in each
Solve five inheritance fact patterns and justify each share distribution
Your checkpoint
A worked solutions sheet for five inheritance scenarios with share calculations and legal reasoning
Notarial law and notarial practice (Notaries and Notarial Activity Act) & Real estate registration and cadastre (Property Register Act)
Summarize the notary's status, appointment, discipline, and liability under the Notaries and Notarial Activity Act
List the notarial acts and the procedure for each, including refusal and appeal
Describe the procedure for real estate registration under the Property Register Act, including the grounds for entry, refusal, and appeal
Trace the cadastre's role in identifying and describing properties in notarial deeds
Your checkpoint
A one-page flowchart of the registration procedure from application to entry or refusal, with appeal routes
Commercial law and legal entities & Anti-money laundering and professional ethics
Map the forms of commercial entities and their registration requirements
Explain the notary's role in company formation, amendments, and general meetings
Identify money-laundering risk indicators relevant to notarial practice and apply customer due diligence steps
Draft a customer due diligence checklist for a real estate transaction
Your checkpoint
A due diligence checklist and a one-page risk-indicator reference for notarial transactions
Civil procedure and enforcement procedure & Real estate registration and cadastre (Property Register Act)
Outline the stages of civil proceedings and the rules of evidence relevant to notarial documents
Explain enforcement procedure, including enforcement titles and the notary's role in enforcement
Distinguish the notarial certification of signatures from enforcement titles
Solve three procedural fact patterns and identify the correct procedural step
Your checkpoint
A one-page procedural map and three solved fact patterns with cited reasoning
Administrative law and administrative procedure & Constitutional and general legal theory
Summarize the general principles of administrative procedure and administrative acts
Explain judicial review of administrative acts and standing
Outline the constitutional framework of the judiciary and the rule of law
Compare the notary's role as a public officer with the general principles of state administration
Your checkpoint
A two-column comparison of notarial and administrative procedure, with a short summary of constitutional principles
Criminal law (document offences, money laundering) & Anti-money laundering and professional ethics
Distinguish the main document offences (forgery, use of forged documents, false certification) and their elements
Explain the notary's duties and reporting obligations under anti-money-laundering rules
Apply professional ethics rules to three conflict-of-interest scenarios
Identify the sanctions for breach of professional duties
Your checkpoint
A one-page ethics and anti-money-laundering decision guide with three applied scenarios
Civil law (obligations, property, family, inheritance) & Notarial law and notarial practice (Notaries and Notarial Activity Act) & Real estate registration and cadastre (Property Register Act) & Civil procedure and enforcement procedure
Consolidate all ten domains into a single revision map with cross-references
Complete two timed mock exams under exam conditions and score them
Review every incorrect answer and record the underlying rule
Rehearse oral-style explanations of five notarial acts
Your checkpoint
A scored mock-exam report with a correction log and a final one-page revision map
Milestones
Week 2: Can compute intestate and forced shares in a multi-heir scenario without notes
Week 4: Can list all notarial acts, their formal requirements, and the registration procedure from memory
Week 6: Can trace a real estate transaction from due diligence through registration to enforcement
Week 8: Scores at least 75% on both timed mock exams and has corrected every logged error