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Notario Querétaro · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Derecho Civil

  • Map the Civil Code of Querétaro into a one-page index of the articles governing persons, property, obligations, and contracts, marking the provisions that most often appear in notarial practice.

  • Draft a comparison table distinguishing capacity, representation, emancipation, and incapacity, citing the applicable state articles and the consequences of each for the validity of a deed.

  • Solve 25 practice questions on persons and family property regimes, annotating every wrong answer with the article that corrects it.

  • Build a checklist of the formal requirements for a compraventa and a donación, including consent, object, cause, and delivery.

Your checkpoint

A one-page Civil Code index plus a 25-question error log with article citations for each correction.

Week 2

Derecho Civil

  • Explain the rules on obligations, payment, and extinction of obligations, and identify which of them a notary must verify before authorizing an instrument.

  • Differentiate the principal real rights recognized in Querétaro, including property, usufruct, use, habitation, and easement, and state the formalization each requires.

  • Analyze the regime of condominium property and horizontal division, listing the clauses a constitutive instrument must contain.

  • Resolve 30 mixed practice questions on contracts and real rights and record the reasoning behind each answer.

Your checkpoint

A two-page summary of real rights and obligations plus a 30-question scored practice set with a written rationale for each answer.

Week 3

Derecho Notarial

  • Outline the constitutional and statutory basis of the notarial function, including the fedatario publico concept and the limits of notarial authority.

  • List the requirements for becoming a notary in Querétaro, the causes of suspension and removal, and the rules on protocol, apéndice, and bookkeeping.

  • Describe the formalities of the escritura publica, the acta notarial, and the protocolización, and the probative value of each.

  • Draft a model checklist for authorizing a deed from identification of the parties through protocol entry and testimonio issuance.

Your checkpoint

A written checklist covering the full lifecycle of an escritura publica, from party identification to issuance of the testimonio.

Week 4

Derecho Notarial & Derecho Registral y Catastral

  • Explain the principles of registry publicity, legitimation, priority, and tracto sucesivo, and apply them to a hypothetical chain of title.

  • Trace the registration procedure for a deed, including calificación registral, entry, and the effects of a refusal or suspension.

  • Identify the notary's duties regarding avisos, notices, and coordination with the Registro Publico de la Propiedad and the catastro.

  • Complete 20 practice items combining notarial and registral scenarios and correct each with the governing rule.

Your checkpoint

A flow diagram of the registration process for a notarial instrument plus a 20-item integrated practice set with corrections.

Week 5

Derecho Mercantil

  • Outline the commercial obligations of the notary, including the formalization of mercantile companies and the rules on corporate books and records.

  • Compare the types of commercial companies and state the notarial requirements for incorporation, capital increases, and dissolution.

  • Explain the rules on negotiable instruments, endorsements, and protest where notarial intervention is relevant.

  • Answer 25 practice questions on commercial companies and negotiable instruments, noting the governing statute for each.

Your checkpoint

A comparison chart of commercial company types with their notarial formalities plus a 25-question practice log.

Week 6

Derecho Fiscal & Derecho Constitucional y Administrativo

  • Identify the federal and state tax obligations triggered by a notarial act, including ISR on enajenación, IVA where applicable, and the state traslado de dominio tax.

  • Explain the notary's role as retenedor and the consequences of failing to withhold or remit taxes.

  • Summarize the constitutional principles of legality, due process, and administrative review that constrain notarial and registry decisions.

  • Solve 20 practice questions across fiscal and administrative topics and write the legal basis for each correct option.

Your checkpoint

A one-page tax-obligation matrix by type of notarial act plus a 20-question scored set with legal bases.

Week 7

Derecho Familiar & Derecho Laboral & Derecho Penal

  • Describe the notarial instruments used in family matters, including capitulaciones matrimoniales, divorce by mutual consent, and adoption, and the limits on notarial competence.

  • Outline the labor rules affecting notarial documents, such as ratification of settlements and powers of attorney in labor matters.

  • Identify the criminal offenses most connected to notarial practice, including falsification of documents and fraud, and the notary's reporting duties.

  • Answer 20 practice questions across family, labor, and criminal law and record the rule applied to each.

Your checkpoint

A three-section summary of family, labor, and criminal points most relevant to notarial practice plus a 20-question log.

Week 8

Ética y Responsabilidad Notarial & Derecho Civil & Derecho Notarial

  • State the ethical duties of the notary, including impartiality, secrecy, conflict-of-interest avoidance, and the duty to refuse an unlawful act.

  • Review the disciplinary and civil liability regime for notarial misconduct and the consequences for the protocol and third parties.

  • Complete two full timed mock exams and score them by domain to identify remaining weak areas.

  • Consolidate a final one-page review sheet of the highest-yield rules across the heaviest domains.

Your checkpoint

Two completed timed mock exams with a domain-by-domain score report and a final one-page review sheet.

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 70 percent on the 30-question civil practice set and be able to cite the governing article for every corrected answer.

Week 4: Produce the escritura checklist and the registration flow diagram from memory, then verify them against the statutes with no more than two corrections needed.

Week 6: Score at least 70 percent on the combined fiscal and administrative practice set and complete the tax-obligation matrix without consulting notes.

Week 8: Score at least 75 percent overall on both timed mock exams, with no domain below 60 percent and a written remediation plan for the weakest domain.