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Notario Baja California · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Derecho Civil & Derecho Mercantil

  • Draft a one-page map of the Civil Code of Baja California linking each book to the notarial acts it governs, so you can locate any article in under a minute

  • Distinguish the general rules on capacity, consent, and object in civil obligations from the commercial ones under the Código de Comercio, listing at least eight concrete divergences

  • Solve 25 mixed civil/commercial multiple-choice items and log every error with the article that resolves it

  • Explain aloud, without notes, the difference between actos civiles and actos de comercio for a notarial client scenario

Your checkpoint

A two-page comparison table (civil vs. commercial) plus an error log of 25 answered items with article citations.

Week 2

Derecho Civil

  • Classify the real rights (propiedad, usufructo, uso, habitación, servidumbre) by their attributes of use, enjoyment, and disposition

  • Trace the rules on possession, prescription, and adverse possession in Baja California and identify which periods are short versus long

  • Resolve five hypothetical boundary and co-ownership disputes by applying the correct civil provisions

  • Memorize the family-law institutions most often touched by notaries: marriage regimes, divorce, and succession

Your checkpoint

A flowchart of acquisitive prescription with the applicable periods and a set of five solved dispute scenarios.

Week 3

Derecho Mercantil

  • Outline the legal regime of commercial companies (S.A., S. de R.L., S.A.P.I.) including incorporation, capital, and corporate bodies

  • Differentiate the treatment of commercial obligations, interest, and guarantees from their civil counterparts

  • Analyze the rules on commercial contracts most used in notarial practice: sale, commission, and credit instruments

  • Draft a checklist for reviewing a corporate minute book and share registry before a notarial act

Your checkpoint

A corporate-formation checklist covering at least 15 verification points, with the governing article for each.

Week 4

Derecho Notarial y Registral

  • Reconstruct the notarial function from first principles: fe pública, rogación, and the notary's duty of counsel

  • List the formal requirements of each type of notarial instrument and the consequences of a defect

  • Map the protocol, the appendices, and the libro de registro against the applicable state notarial law

  • Identify the notary's obligations regarding identity verification, capacity assessment, and consent

Your checkpoint

A one-page matrix of notarial instrument types vs. required formalities and defect consequences.

Week 5

Derecho Notarial y Registral

  • Explain the registration process before the Registro Público de la Propiedad step by step, from entry to qualification and inscription

  • Distinguish the principles of registry law (inscripción, tracto sucesivo, fe pública registral, prioridad) and apply each to a fact pattern

  • Determine when a document is registrable versus merely filed, and identify the most common grounds for refusal

  • Compare the effects of a notarial act before and after registration in a third-party conflict scenario

Your checkpoint

Ten scenario questions on registry principles answered with the governing principle and a short justification.

Week 6

Derecho Fiscal y Administrativo

  • Classify the federal and state taxes that a notarial act can trigger, including ISR, IVA, and the state property-transfer tax

  • Compute the tax base for a simulated property transfer, including deductions and exemptions

  • Identify the notary's role as withholding agent and the reporting obligations that follow

  • Outline the administrative procedure: act, appeal, and nullity, and where the notary can be sanctioned

Your checkpoint

A worked simulation of one property transfer with a full tax computation and a list of the notary's reporting duties.

Week 7

Derecho Civil & Derecho Fiscal y Administrativo

  • Integrate succession and estate matters with their fiscal consequences, from will formalization to inheritance tax treatment

  • Resolve ten integrated items mixing civil and fiscal rules and justify each answer in two sentences

  • Update your error log and re-answer every item you previously missed until you reach 90% accuracy

  • Draft a one-page personal cheat sheet of the ten rules you most often confuse

Your checkpoint

An updated error log at 90% accuracy plus a one-page cheat sheet of the ten most confused rules.

Week 8

Derecho Mercantil & Derecho Notarial y Registral

  • Simulate a full timed exam under exam conditions and score it by domain

  • Review only the two weakest domains from the simulation and close each gap with targeted reading

  • Recite from memory the formal requirements of the three most common notarial instruments

  • Confirm logistics: exam date, permitted materials, and identification requirements

Your checkpoint

A scored full-length simulation with a written remediation plan for any domain below 70%.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70% on a 30-item civil-only set and locate any cited article in under 60 seconds.

Week 4: Complete the notarial formality matrix from memory with no more than two omissions.

Week 6: Produce a correct tax computation for a property transfer and name every reporting obligation of the notary.

Week 8: Score at least 75% overall on the timed simulation with no domain below 70%.