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The Buenos Aires Province Notary Public Registration Competition is the statutory concurso de oposición y antecedentes run by the Colegio de Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires under Decreto-Ley 9020/78: registration in the Registro de Aspirantes is an administrative prerequisite, and the Tribunal Calificador then evaluates candidates through a written test and an oral test over an extensive temario before the Provincial Executive designates the titular of each vacant register.

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1Under Article 1 of Decreto-Ley 9020/78 (Ley Orgánica del Notariado de la Provincia de Buenos Aires), what is the definition and legal character of a notary public in the Province of Buenos Aires?

A.A legal professional in charge of a public function, delegated by the provincial State to authenticate juridical acts, advise parties, and author public instruments under the principle of impartiality

B.An employee of the municipal police department

C.A private commercial merchant whose main purpose is selling office furniture

D.An elected political member of the provincial legislature

Explanation: Article 1 of Decreto-Ley 9020/78 defines the notary in the Province of Buenos Aires: a legal professional holding a delegated public office to confer public authenticity (fe pública) to juridical acts, contracts, and facts, acting impartially and guaranteeing legal certainty.

2What is the constitutional and statutory function of the Juzgado Notarial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires under Decreto-Ley 9020/78?

A.A specialized judicial tribunal with exclusive jurisdiction over notarial superintendency, registry inspections, resolution of notarial ethics charges, and the trial and sanctioning of notaries for professional disciplinary infractions

B.A commercial bank that provides mortgage loans to vineyard developers

C.A municipal court that handles vehicle traffic speeding tickets

D.A police station that arrests ordinary criminal suspects

Explanation: The Juzgado Notarial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (Arts. 64 et seq. Decreto-Ley 9020/78) is a unique, specialized judicial organ in PBA public law: headed by the Juez Notarial, it exercises judicial superintendency, orders protocol inspections, conducts disciplinary trials, and applies statutory sanctions (warnings, fines, suspension, or destitution from the notarial register).

3How is the Colegio de Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires organized territorially across the province?

A.Through a central headquarters and Consejo Directivo in La Plata together with regional Delegaciones distributed across the notarial districts of the Province

B.As a single office located exclusively in Mar del Plata with no branches

C.Divided into one hundred separate foreign embassies

D.The Colegio de Escribanos has no territorial structure

Explanation: Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, the Colegio de Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires is a single provincial professional body with its Consejo Directivo and central offices in the provincial capital, La Plata. To reach the whole territory it operates through regional Delegaciones seated in the main notarial districts (San Isidro, Morón, Lomas de Zamora, Mar del Plata, Bahía Blanca, Mercedes, Quilmes, San Nicolás, Azul, Dolores and others), which handle local procedures, rubric of folios and first-line oversight of the notaries of their district.

4Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, how does a qualified Argentine lawyer obtain titularity of a notarial register (Registro Notarial) in the Province of Buenos Aires?

A.By inscribing in the Registro de Aspirantes a Notario, completing mandatory professional practice, and winning a rigorous public merit competition consisting of a written and oral opposition examination

B.By purchasing the register on an internet auction website

C.By inheriting the register automatically from parents without taking any exam

D.Registers are distributed by a random phone call from the municipal mayor

Explanation: Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78 (Arts. 10 et seq.), access to notarial registers in PBA requires legal degree, notarial post-graduate credentials, prior registration in the Registro de Aspirantes, verified notarial practice, and winning the public competitive examination (Concurso de Oposición y Antecedentes) administered by the Colegio and Ministry of Justice.

5What is the mandatory procedure for the supply and rubric of notarial protocol folios (folios de protocolo) in the Province of Buenos Aires?

A.Folios are numbered security sheets manufactured and rubricated exclusively by the Colegio de Escribanos, delivered in official cuadernos under strict inventory control

B.Notaries can purchase blank printer paper at any commercial stationery store and print their own folios

C.Folios are imported from private commercial companies in Switzerland

D.Protocol folios are strictly digital and physical paper is completely banned in PBA

Explanation: Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78 and Council Regulations, notarial protocol sheets (hojas de actuación notarial y protocolo) are official security documents manufactured with watermarks, series numbers, and official rubric supplied exclusively by the Colegio de Escribanos, preserving matrix deed integrity.

6Which of the following professional activities is strictly incompatible with the exercise of the notarial function in the Province of Buenos Aires under Decreto-Ley 9020/78?

A.The contentious practice of the legal profession (ejercicio de la abogacía en litigios), engaging in commercial trade, or holding permanent salaried public employment

B.Teaching law subjects at an accredited university outside notarial hours

C.Writing academic law textbooks and doctrinal articles

D.Participating in academic conferences of the Consejo Federal del Notariado Argentino

Explanation: Under Article 20 of Decreto-Ley 9020/78, holding a notarial register is incompatible with: (1) practicing as a litigating attorney in court, (2) engaging in commercial trade, (3) holding permanent public posts (except teaching). University docencia and academic scholarship are expressly permitted.

7What is the scope of protocol inspections (inspecciones ordinarias y extraordinarias de protocolos) conducted in notarial offices in PBA?

A.Inspectors verify protocol bindings, chronological order, folio rubric, matching marginal notes, presence of mandatory cadastral cédulas, ARBA tax payments, and compliance with anti-money laundering regulations

B.Inspectors examine the personal culinary recipes of the notary's family

C.Inspectors seize all real estate in the municipality for public auctions

D.Protocol inspections are prohibited under PBA law

Explanation: Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, notarial inspectors from the Colegio de Escribanos and Juzgado Notarial conduct rigorous audits: verifying matrix signatures, correlation notes, registration certificates, cadastral state parcel certifications, stamp tax retentions, and UIF compliance records.

8Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, how long does a notary in the Province of Buenos Aires retain physical custody of bound protocol volumes before transferring them to the Archivo de Actuaciones Notariales?

A.Five (5) years from the date of the protocol closing

B.Fifty (50) years

C.Twenty-four (24) hours

D.Protocols must be destroyed immediately after authorization

Explanation: Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, the notary retains physical custody of the bound protocol volumes for five (5) years. Following this period, the volumes are transferred to the Archivo de Actuaciones Notariales of the Colegio de Escribanos for permanent preservation and digital microfilming.

9Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, what is the role and responsibility of an Escribano Adscripto in the Province of Buenos Aires?

A.The adscript authorizes deeds in the shared protocol of the register with full public faith, sharing civil and disciplinary liability for their authorized acts, and replacing the titular during absences

B.The adscript is an unpaid domestic servant in the titular notary's home

C.The adscript has no legal authority to authorize any deeds

D.The adscript is a police officer undercover in the notarial office

Explanation: Under Decreto-Ley 9020/78, the Escribano Adscripto is a fully qualified notary public proposed by the titular and appointed by the Executive with Colegio approval. The adscript authorizes deeds in the shared protocol, exercises full authenticating authority, and is individually responsible for their authorized instruments.

10What is the mission of the Caja de Seguridad Social para Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires?

A.To administer the autonomous pension, healthcare, and social security system for notaries of the Province of Buenos Aires, funded by notarial contributions and welfare stamp contributions (aportes de aportes previsionales y estampillas)

B.To finance foreign airline ticket purchases for private tourists

C.To collect traffic speeding fines on provincial motorways

D.To operate commercial casinos in coastal cities

Explanation: The Caja de Seguridad Social para Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (governed by autonomous provincial statute) manages retirement pensions, disability benefits, and healthcare coverage for provincial notaries, funded by statutory contributions calculated on notarial deeds.

About the Concurso Notarial PBA Exam

The Concurso de Oposición y Antecedentes para la Provisión de Registros de Escrituras Públicas en la Provincia de Buenos Aires is the official provincial statutory competition established under Decreto-Ley N° 9020/78 (Ley Orgánica del Notariado de la Provincia de Buenos Aires) and its regulatory decrees. Convened by the Provincial Executive Branch and administered through an independent Tribunal Calificador with the Colegio de Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (ColEscBA), it is the mandatory legal mechanism for lawyers and notaries registered in the Aspirants Registry (Registro de Aspirantes a Notario) to compete for the titularity of vacant Notarial Registers across the notarial districts of the province. Registration in that Registry is itself an administrative step without an examination: the assessment takes place in the competition, where the Tribunal Calificador evaluates candidates through a written test and an oral test over an extensive published temario, publishing successive actas with the antecedent scores by partido, the exam timetable, the written grades under pseudonyms, the oral timetable and the final ternas. Candidates solve practical conveyancing scenarios, draft official public deeds, and perform title investigations (estudio de títulos) taking into account the unique provincial cadastre system (Ley 10.707 - cédula catastral y estado parcelario), registration before the Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (RPI PBA), corporate filings before the DPPJ, and provincial tax withholdings under the Código Fiscal de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (ARBA Stamp Tax and Impuesto a la Transmisión Gratuita de Bienes - ITGB). The official examination is written and oral, in Spanish, and is graded by the Tribunal Calificador. This bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation of the provincial and national statutes, notarial drafting standards and administrative regulations involved: it is not an official translation, does not reproduce the deed-drafting or oral formats, and its content-area percentages are our own study allocation rather than official weightings.

Assessment

Article 7 of Decreto-Ley 9020/78 provides that the titular of each register is designated by resolution of the Provincial Executive on the communication the Colegio de Escribanos sends as the result of a concurso de oposición y antecedentes held in each case, and that the communication must report the grades of all participants. Registration in the Registro de Aspirantes a Notario, which is an administrative step without an examination, is a prerequisite for entering the competition. The Tribunal Calificador then evaluates candidates through a written test and an oral test on an extensive temario, publishing successive actas: antecedent scores by partido, the dates, turns and rules of the written test, the written grades under pseudonyms, the oral timetable and the final ternas by partido.

Time Limit

Fixed by the Tribunal Calificador with each call and published in the corresponding acta; no statutory duration is set in Decreto-Ley 9020/78

Passing Score

Grades are awarded by the Tribunal Calificador on the written and oral tests and are communicated for all participants, forming the ternas by partido; Decreto-Ley 9020/78 does not publish a single statutory pass mark

Exam Fee

Published by the Colegio de Escribanos with each numbered call; no statutory arancel is fixed in Decreto-Ley 9020/78 (Colegio de Escribanos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (ColEscBA) / Tribunal Calificador)

Concurso Notarial PBA Exam Content Outline

20%

PBA Notarial Organization, Governance & Protocol Custody

Decreto-Ley 9020/78, notarial function and public faith in PBA, notarial protocol binding and folios custody, notarial inspection and audits (Juzgado Notarial), notarial disciplinary regime, and ethical duties of the notary.

25%

Real Property Rights, Title Examination & Conveyancing in PBA

Real property under the CCCN (dominio, condominio, propiedad horizontal, conjuntos inmobiliarios, usufructo, servidumbres), real estate conveyancing (compraventa, permuta, cesión), 20-year title examination in PBA, mortgage and encumbrance deeds, and real estate trust structures.

20%

Corporate, Commercial & Contractual Notarial Practice

Ley General de Sociedades (Ley 19.550), incorporation of corporations (SA, SRL) registered before the Dirección Provincial de Personas Jurídicas (DPPJ), corporate reorganizations, commercial powers of attorney, and business asset transfers (Ley 11.867).

20%

Family Law, Matrimonial Regimes, Wills & Estates under CCCN

Matrimonial property regimes (comunidad vs separación de bienes), convivential unions, public wills (testamentos por acto público), hereditary assignments, extrajudicial succession partition, and tracto abreviado procedures.

15%

PBA Territorial Cadastre, Land Registry & ARBA Taxation

Ley 10.707 de Catastro Territorial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (cédula catastral, estado parcelario), Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble de la PBA (Ley 17.801 / Decreto 5479/65), provincial Stamp Tax (Impuesto de Sellos ARBA), Tax on Gratuitous Transfer of Assets (ITGB), and UIF obligations.

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What You Need to Know

Passing score: Grades are awarded by the Tribunal Calificador on the written and oral tests and are communicated for all participants, forming the ternas by partido; Decreto-Ley 9020/78 does not publish a single statutory pass mark
Assessment: Article 7 of Decreto-Ley 9020/78 provides that the titular of each register is designated by resolution of the Provincial Executive on the communication the Colegio de Escribanos sends as the result of a concurso de oposición y antecedentes held in each case, and that the communication must report the grades of all participants. Registration in the Registro de Aspirantes a Notario, which is an administrative step without an examination, is a prerequisite for entering the competition. The Tribunal Calificador then evaluates candidates through a written test and an oral test on an extensive temario, publishing successive actas: antecedent scores by partido, the dates, turns and rules of the written test, the written grades under pseudonyms, the oral timetable and the final ternas by partido.
Time limit: Fixed by the Tribunal Calificador with each call and published in the corresponding acta; no statutory duration is set in Decreto-Ley 9020/78
Exam fee: Published by the Colegio de Escribanos with each numbered call; no statutory arancel is fixed in Decreto-Ley 9020/78

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Concurso Notarial PBA Study Tips from Top Performers

1Study Decreto-Ley 9020/78 in detail, especially the rules governing notarial protocols, authorization of deeds, leaves of absence, adscripción appointments, and the jurisdiction of the Juzgado Notarial.

2Master the provincial cadastre regime under Ley 10.707, including the mandatory Constitución de Estado Parcelario (CEP) and the validity periods of Cédulas Catastrales for urban and rural parcels.

3Understand the difference between national registration rules and the specific administrative procedures of the Registro de la Propiedad Inmueble de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (RPI PBA / Decreto 5479/65).

4Review the calculation rules for the ARBA Stamp Tax and the Impuesto a la Transmisión Gratuita de Bienes (ITGB) applying to donations, inheritances, and gratuitous property transfers in PBA.

5Focus on 20-year title examinations (estudio de títulos) covering judicial successions, tracto abreviado sales, and the clearing of old encumbrances.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Concurso de Oposición Notarial de la Provincia de Buenos Aires?

It is the statutory public competition convened under Decreto-Ley 9020/78 by the Provincial Executive and the Tribunal Calificador to allocate vacant Notarial Registers (Registros de Escrituras Públicas) in the Province of Buenos Aires.

What is the role of the Registro de Aspirantes in PBA?

It is the administrative prerequisite for competing. Applicants file their identity documents, a legalised Argentine law degree, proof of citizenship and conduct evidence — including declarations in a notarial act signed by at least three active or retired notaries — plus property-inhibition, criminal-record and civil and commercial proceedings certificates. Once registration is complete the applicant's name is published in the Colegio's Boletín Informativo and objections may be filed for thirty days. No examination is taken at this stage.

What special provincial real estate requirement exists in Buenos Aires Province?

Under Ley Provincial N° 10.707 (Catastro Territorial), real estate transactions in Buenos Aires Province require a valid cadastral certificate (Cédula Catastral) with verified parcel state (Estado Parcelario) determined by an accredited surveyor prior to the execution of the public deed.

What provincial taxes must the notary withhold in Buenos Aires Province?

The notary acts as a tax collection and withholding agent for ARBA, calculating and remitting the provincial Stamp Tax (Impuesto de Sellos) and, where applicable, the Tax on the Gratuitous Transfer of Assets (Impuesto a la Transmisión Gratuita de Bienes - ITGB).

What is the format of the examination and how are results published?

The Tribunal Calificador evaluates candidates through a written test and an oral test over an extensive temario. It publishes successive actas covering the antecedent scores by partido, the dates, turns and rules of the written test, the written grades identified by pseudonym, the oral timetable, and finally the ternas by partido. Decreto-Ley 9020/78 requires the Colegio's communication to the Executive to report the grades of all participants.

Is this practice bank an official exam simulator?

No. The official tests are Spanish-language written and oral exercises graded by the Tribunal Calificador. This bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation of the underlying provincial and national law; it is not an official translation, does not reproduce those formats, and its content-area percentages are our own study allocation, not official weightings.