Egzamin Notarialny

Candidates who have completed the notarial apprenticeship and meet the conditions set out in the Law on Notaries, as well as certain other legal professionals listed in that statute. Eligibility is assessed by the competent notarial authority, so verify your individual situation against the current statutory text before applying.

It is a written examination held over two days and conducted open-book, so you may use statutory texts and commentaries. It combines single-best-answer questions on notarial and related law with practical drafting tasks and a comprehensive written assignment requiring legal analysis. The official body publishes the detailed schedule.

It is demanding, chiefly because of the drafting component. Knowing the law is necessary but not sufficient: you must produce documents that are formally correct, internally consistent and legally effective. Candidates who only revise passively tend to struggle more than those who write full deeds and contracts regularly.

Retake rules are governed by the Law on Notaries and by the resolutions of the body administering the examination, and they have changed over time. Check the current provisions and any applicable deadlines directly with the official authority rather than relying on second-hand accounts.

The duration of each part and the examination fee are set by the administering authority and are published in its current announcements. Because these figures are revised, this page does not state them; consult the official body's website for the binding values before you plan.

Start with substantive civil law and the law on notarial acts, since nearly every drafting task depends on them. Then work through inheritance, family, commercial and real property law, adding civil procedure and land-register proceedings, and finish with administrative and tax issues and professional ethics, which are easier to absorb once the core is solid.

Incomplete documents, missing mandatory elements, inconsistent figures and dates, wrong choice of contract type or procedure, and failure to address tax consequences. Weak time management during the drafting part is also frequent. Practise writing complete documents under timed conditions and check each against the statutory formal requirements.

Write whole documents by hand or on a computer under realistic time limits, then compare them with the statutory requirements and with model structures you build yourself. Cover deeds of sale, donation, mortgage, division of property, powers of attorney, company formation and amendments, and protests. Review your errors systematically rather than collecting ready-made templates.

The examination is open-book, so statutory collections and commentaries are permitted, subject to the rules announced by the organising authority. Do not assume unrestricted access to everything: confirm exactly which materials may be brought and in what form before the examination day.

Passing is one necessary step. Appointment as a notary also requires meeting the statutory conditions and being appointed to a notarial office by the competent authority. The examination committee's pass decision is not itself an appointment, and the two processes should be checked separately.