Notario Coahuila study plan
Notario Coahuila · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Derecho Civil (personas, familia, bienes, sucesiones, obligaciones y contratos)
Map the Civil Code of Coahuila into a one-page index covering persons, family, property, succession, and obligations, marking the articles you must cite from memory.
Distinguish the regimes of separate and community property (sociedad conyugal) and write a 300-word comparison that states the practical consequence for a notarial deed.
Solve 20 hypotheticals on legal capacity, emancipation, and guardianship, writing the applicable article next to each answer.
Draft a checklist of the documents a notary must verify before authorizing an act involving minors or persons under guardianship.
Your checkpoint
A one-page Civil Code index plus a 20-question self-test with cited articles and a score of at least 16/20.
Derecho Civil (personas, familia, bienes, sucesiones, obligaciones y contratos)
Classify obligations by source and by object, and write one original example of each type that could appear in a notarial instrument.
Compare the various ways obligations end (payment, novation, remission, compensation, confusion, prescription) in a table with the notarial evidence each one requires.
Outline the rules of contract formation, consent defects, and nullity, and apply them to three defective-contract scenarios.
Summarize the succession rules: intestate order of heirs, legitime (legítima), and the formal requirements of a will, in no more than 500 words.
Your checkpoint
A comparative table of extinction of obligations plus three solved contract-nullity scenarios with the correct remedy stated.
Derecho Notarial (fe pública, instrumentos, protocolo, escrituras y actas)
Read the Ley del Notariado del Estado de Coahuila and list the requirements for becoming a notary, the notary's duties, and the grounds for suspension or removal.
Break down the structure of a public deed (escritura pública) into its mandatory parts and explain the function of each part.
Differentiate a public deed, a notarial act (acta), and a protocolization, writing one example of when each is used.
Explain the rules on protocol, protocol copies (testimonios), and the conservation and custody obligations of the notary.
Your checkpoint
A labeled skeleton of a public deed with every mandatory section annotated, plus a 15-item quiz on the state notarial law scored at 80% or higher.
Derecho Notarial (fe pública, instrumentos, protocolo, escrituras y actas) & Práctica notarial y elaboración de instrumentos
Draft a complete model public deed of sale with all required clauses, annexes, and attestations, following Coahuila notarial practice.
Draft a model public deed of incorporation of a limited liability company (sociedad anónima or S. de R.L.) with the corporate clauses a notary must verify.
Identify the identity, capacity, and representation checks required before a signer may execute an instrument, and write them as a pre-signing checklist.
Practice reading a deed aloud and correcting formal defects in five deliberately flawed drafts.
Your checkpoint
Two complete model deeds (sale and incorporation) plus a pre-signing checklist and a log of the defects found in the five flawed drafts.
Derecho Mercantil y títulos de crédito & Derecho Registral y Catastral (registro público de la propiedad, inscripciones y publicidad)
Summarize the general rules of commercial law and the requirements of the commercial registry, focusing on acts that must be recorded.
Distinguish bills of exchange (letra de cambio), promissory notes (pagaré), and checks (cheque), and list the mandatory requirements of each.
Trace the protest and collection process for a dishonored credit instrument and the notarial role in it.
Explain the principles of the public property registry (inscription, publicity, priority, and third-party protection) and the steps of a registration procedure in Coahuila.
Your checkpoint
A one-page comparison of the three credit instruments with their requirements and protest rules, plus a flowchart of a property registration.
Derecho Registral y Catastral (registro público de la propiedad, inscripciones y publicidad) & Derecho Fiscal aplicable a actos notariales
Analyze how a notarial instrument becomes registrable: the notices, the qualification (calificación) by the registrar, and the grounds for rejection.
Outline the cadastral system and how cadastral data relate to registry entries in Coahuila.
Identify the federal and state tax obligations triggered by a notarial act: income tax withholding on sale, property transfer tax, and VAT where applicable.
Calculate the tax on a sample sale transaction, showing the base, rate, and the notary's reporting duties.
Your checkpoint
A worked tax calculation for a sample sale, with a registration checklist and a list of the documents the notary must file with the tax authority.
Derecho Constitucional y Administrativo (incluyendo la Ley del Notariado del Estado de Coahuila) & Derecho Penal (delitos relacionados con la función notarial y fe pública)
Summarize the constitutional principles that constrain notarial practice: due process, legality, and the limits of delegated public functions.
Explain the administrative regime of the notary: appointment, oversight by the state authority, and disciplinary procedure under the Ley del Notariado de Coahuila.
Identify the criminal offenses connected to notarial functions, such as falsification of documents, use of a false document, and abuse of authority, and state their elements.
Apply the offense elements to three fact patterns and decide whether a crime is made out.
Your checkpoint
A two-column table of offenses and their elements, plus three fact patterns resolved with a reasoned conclusion.
Ética profesional y responsabilidad notarial & Práctica notarial y elaboración de instrumentos
State the ethical duties of the notary: impartiality, independence, confidentiality, and avoidance of conflicts of interest.
Analyze the notary's civil, administrative, and criminal liability with three real-world risk scenarios and the preventive measure for each.
Assemble a final review sheet of the highest-yield rules from all nine domains, capped at five pages.
Take a full timed mock exam and review every missed question, writing the correct rule and article for each.
Your checkpoint
A five-page final review sheet and a completed mock exam with a written error log and a target score of at least 75%.
Milestones
Week 2: You can explain, without notes, the difference between separate and community property and list the ways obligations end, citing at least three articles of the Coahuila Civil Code.
Week 4: You have produced two complete, defect-free model deeds and can label every mandatory section of a public deed from memory.
Week 6: You can trace a sale from deed to registration and compute its taxes correctly on a fresh sample, scoring at least 80% on a 20-question quiz covering domains 2, 4, and 5.
Week 8: You score at least 75% on the full timed mock exam and your error log shows no domain below 60%.