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Notario Coahuila study plan

Notario Coahuila · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

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.

Week 2

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.

Week 3

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.

Week 4

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.

Week 5

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.

Week 6

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.

Week 7

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.

Week 8

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%.