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Key Facts: Cuba Notary Qualification Exam

70 / 100

Passing Score

MINJUS Resolución 331/2025, Art. 32

Up to 8h

Examination Duration

MINJUS Resolución 331/2025, Art. 31

4h + 4h

Theory + Practical Drafting

MINJUS Resolución 331/2025, Art. 31

Spanish

Official Language

Ley 175/2024 Del Notariado

7 Branches

Programa Temático Scope

MINJUS Resolución 331/2025, Art. 30

Jan 7, 2026

Ley 175/2024 In Force

MINJUS Official Confirmation

This practice bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of Cuba's Spanish-language written notarial qualification exam. It covers substantive and notarial doctrine across all seven official legal branches under Ley 175/2024 and Res. 331/2025, but is not an official translation and cannot substitute for live drafting of public instruments under exam conditions.

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1Under Cuba's Ley 175/2024 ('Del Notariado'), how is the notarial public function (función notarial) defined?

A.A public service exercised on behalf of the State by jurists vested with public faith (fe pública) to confer authenticity and preventive legal certainty on acts, contracts, and extrajudicial legal relations

B.A jurisdictional function through which the notary adjudicates contested claims between private parties and issues enforceable rulings

C.A private professional service in which the notary advises and represents one party's interest in negotiating and drafting the contract

D.An administrative registry function limited to recording completed title transfers in the Registro de la Propiedad

Explanation: Ley 175/2024 frames the notarial function as a public service: the notary is simultaneously a public official holding state-conferred fe pública and a professional of law, who verifies legality, advises the parties impartially, and confers authenticity on acts and public instruments. Its hallmark is preventive legal certainty (seguridad jurídica preventiva) rather than the resolution of disputes.

2What are the two primary classes of public instruments (instrumentos públicos) authorized by notaries under Ley 175/2024 and MINJUS Resolución 331/2025?

A.Escrituras públicas and actas notariales

B.Sentencias firmes and autos de procesamiento

C.Certificaciones registrales and notas simples informativas del Registro de la Propiedad

D.Documentos privados con firma legitimada and testamentos ológrafos

Explanation: The two principal classes of notarial instrument are the escritura pública, which contains declarations of will, legal acts, and contracts, and the acta notarial, in which the notary authenticates facts, presence, notifications, or requirements. The Reglamento's glossary treats the documento público notarial as the instrument the notary drafts and authorizes, typified in escrituras, actas, and any other form the Ley or Reglamento provides.

3What constitutes the notarial protocol (protocolo notarial) under Ley 175/2024?

A.The ordered collection of original matrices of public instruments authorized by the notary during each calendar year, together with their protocolized annexes

B.The bound set of copias autorizadas that the notary has issued to interested parties during the year

C.The alphabetical index of appearing parties placed at the end of each volume to locate documents

D.The Libro Único de Control de Asuntos in which the notary records each service request chronologically

Explanation: The protocol is the ordered, foliated series of matrices — the originals of the instruments the notary authorizes — together with their incorporated and complementary documents. The Reglamento defines the matriz as the original of the public instrument and its complementary documents, held in paper or digital form. The notary opens the protocol with a diligencia de apertura and closes it on 31 December each year.

4What is the legal difference between an original matrix (matriz) and an authorized copy (copia autorizada) under Cuban notarial law?

A.The matriz is the original instrument signed by the parties and the notary that remains permanently in the protocol, while the copia autorizada is the certified transcription issued to interested parties

B.The matriz is the copy delivered to the interested party, while the copia autorizada is the original retained in the notary's protocol

C.The matriz is the draft prepared by the cartulario, while the copia autorizada is the final text the notary signs and authorizes

D.Both remain in the protocol; the copia autorizada is simply the digital duplicate of the same matriz

Explanation: The Reglamento's glossary defines the matriz as the original of the public instrument together with its complementary documents, which together form the protocol. The matriz never leaves the notary's custody; what circulates is the copia autorizada, the authentic reproduction issued to those entitled to obtain it, which carries probative force and gives access to the public registries.

5What are the essential sequential structural parts of a Cuban escritura pública?

A.Encabezamiento, comparecencia, exposición/estipulación, otorgamiento, and autorización

B.Requerimiento, diligencia, dación de fe, and cierre

C.Rogación, calificación, inscripción, and publicidad formal

D.Encabezamiento, exposición de motivos, disposiciones transitorias, and disposición final

Explanation: The escritura pública follows a fixed sequence: the encabezamiento identifies the instrument number, place, date, and notary; the comparecencia identifies the appearing parties and records the notary's juicio de capacidad and legitimación; the exposición and estipulaciones set out the background and the covenants; the otorgamiento records the reading, consent, and signatures; and the autorización closes the instrument with the notary's signature and seal.

6How did Ley 175/2024 modernize the formation and preservation of notarial acts regarding electronic instruments?

A.By formally regulating the electronic notarial instrument and digital protocol using certified electronic signatures and secure technological repositories

B.By abolishing the paper protocol outright, so that from January 2026 every notary keeps a purely digital protocol

C.By allowing parties to consent remotely by video call, with the notary attesting identity without any certified electronic signature

D.By requiring every electronic instrument to be validated by a foreign certification authority before it takes effect

Explanation: Ley 175/2024 gives full legal validity to electronic notarial documents and to the notary's certified electronic signature, and provides for digital protocols and archives. MINJUS presented this as a central purpose of the reform when the Ley entered into force on 7 January 2026, alongside the Ficha Única del Ciudadano as a reinforced identification tool.

7Under Cuban notarial law, what determines whether the notary must draft an 'acta notarial' rather than an 'escritura pública'?

A.The object of the intervention is to authenticate facts the notary perceives, or notifications, requirements, and declarations, rather than to document a declaration of will creating a legal act

B.Only one person appears before the notary, whatever the content being documented

C.The document is to be incorporated into the protocol rather than issued as a loose testimonio

D.The act will later have to be recorded in one of the public registries

Explanation: The dividing line is the object of the notarial intervention, not the number of parties or the document's later destination. Actas record facts, presence, notifications, and requirements — the notary narrates and authenticates what is perceived. Escrituras document declarations of will that create, modify, or extinguish legal relations. The Reglamento devotes whole sections to specific actas, such as actas de presencia in licitación proceedings, actas de depósito, and actas de notoriedad de declaratoria de herederos.

8What is the territorial competence (competencia territorial) rule governing notarial acts under Ley 175/2024 and Resolución 331/2025?

A.Notaries exercise public faith within the territorial demarcation of the notarial unit or provincial jurisdiction to which they are officially assigned by ministerial appointment

B.Every notary holds nationwide competence from the moment of appointment, so no territorial demarcation attaches to the office

C.Territorial competence follows the location of the property or the residence of the parties rather than the notary's assigned demarcation

D.Competence is fixed by subject matter alone, so any notary may act in any province provided the act falls within their specialty

Explanation: The notary exercises the function within the territorial demarcation fixed in the appointment, and may be required to act outside the notarial seat only in the exceptional circumstances the Reglamento lists — such as permanent or temporary disability, hospitalization, or imprisonment of the interested person. Nationwide competence is not the rule but an exception the Minister of Justice may grant by resolution to notaries with fifteen years or more in the function plus a scientific or academic degree and recognized merits.

9In the otorgamiento phase of an escritura pública, what duty does the notary bear regarding the reading and explanation of the document?

A.The notary must read the instrument to the grantors or allow them to read it, explain the legal scope and consequences of what they are granting, satisfy themselves that it is understood, and obtain express consent

B.Reading may be dispensed with whenever the grantors declare in the deed that they have already read the text privately

C.The reading may be delegated to the cartulario, who records compliance in a marginal note signed by the notary

D.Only the estipulaciones need be read aloud, since the encabezamiento and comparecencia are purely formal

Explanation: Informing the parties is the substance of the notary's advisory duty, not a formality. The Reglamento reinforces it where the grantors are older adults, persons with disabilities, or otherwise vulnerable: the notary must adapt the service, instruct them with greater care about the object and consequences of the act — particularly for transfers of ownership — and record those precautions as menciones in the instrument. In the marriage act the Reglamento expressly permits a simplified lectura comentada and forbids reading out the parties' previous conyugal status.

10What is a 'testimonio por exhibición' under Cuban notarial practice?

A.A notarial instrument in which the notary certifies having had in sight an original document and attests that the attached reproduction is an exact and faithful copy

B.A notarial certification that the person whose signature appears on a private document signed it in the notary's presence

C.A copy of an instrument held in the notary's own protocol, issued to a person entitled to obtain it

D.The incorporation of a private document into the protocol by means of an acta

Explanation: In a testimonio por exhibición the notary is shown an original document, examines it, and attests that the reproduction attached corresponds exactly to what was displayed. The notary vouches for the fidelity of the copy to the original exhibited — not for the truth of the original's contents, and not for the identity of whoever signed it.

About the Cuba Notary Qualification Exam

Cuba's national professional qualification examination for appointment to notarial offices, governed by Ley 175/2024 'Del Notariado' and MINJUS Resolución 331/2025.

Assessment

Administered by a 5-member tribunal examinador designated by resolution of the Minister of Justice. Graded on a 100-point scale with a 70-point passing score (Art. 32 Res. 331/2025), which also assesses spelling, presentation, and cleanliness of drafting, deducting 0.5 points per spelling error. The tribunal has 5 working days to mark and issue its written assessment (Art. 33). Candidates scoring 60-69 may be given supplementary oral questions to make up the 70 points (Art. 36.1).

Time Limit

Up to 8 hours (4 hours theory + 4 hours practical drafting)

Passing Score

Minimum 70 points out of 100 (MINJUS Resolución 331/2025, Art. 32)

Exam Fee

No candidate sitting fee is charged; state professional habilitation process (Ministerio de Justicia (Dirección General de Notarías y Registros Públicos))

Cuba Notary Qualification Exam Content Outline

~20% practice-bank allocation

Derecho Notarial e Instrumento Público

Notarial public instruments, protocol, matrices, certified copies, electronic signatures, and notarial ethics under Ley 175/2024.

~15% practice-bank allocation

Derecho Civil e Inmobiliario

Property rights, ownership transfers, contracts (sale, donation, exchange), usufruct, and civil obligations under the Cuban Civil Code.

~15% practice-bank allocation

Derecho Registral

Land registry principles, successive chain of title (tracto sucesivo), registry qualification, public notice, and recordation.

~15% practice-bank allocation

Derecho Mercantil

Commercial entities, notarial constitution of Mipymes and non-agricultural cooperatives, and commercial powers of attorney.

~15% practice-bank allocation

Derecho Familiar

Notarial marriage formalization without witnesses under Ley 175/2024, affective de facto unions, matrimonial economic pacts, and voluntary guardianship under Ley 156/2022.

~10% practice-bank allocation

Derecho Procesal

Voluntary notarial jurisdiction, declaration of heirs (declaratoria de herederos), acts of conciliation, and demarcation under Ley 141/2021.

~10% practice-bank allocation

Función Notarial, Capacidad y Subsanación

Appearance, identification, judgment of legal capacity and discernment, remediation of material/concept errors, and grounds for instrument nullity.

How to Pass the Cuba Notary Qualification Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: Minimum 70 points out of 100 (MINJUS Resolución 331/2025, Art. 32)
Assessment: Administered by a 5-member tribunal examinador designated by resolution of the Minister of Justice. Graded on a 100-point scale with a 70-point passing score (Art. 32 Res. 331/2025), which also assesses spelling, presentation, and cleanliness of drafting, deducting 0.5 points per spelling error. The tribunal has 5 working days to mark and issue its written assessment (Art. 33). Candidates scoring 60-69 may be given supplementary oral questions to make up the 70 points (Art. 36.1).
Time limit: Up to 8 hours (4 hours theory + 4 hours practical drafting)
Exam fee: No candidate sitting fee is charged; state professional habilitation process

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Cuba Notary Qualification Study Tips from Top Performers

1Study the new provisions of Ley 175/2024 'Del Notariado' and MINJUS Resolución 331/2025; avoid outdated rules from repealed Ley 50/1984 and Res. 70/1992

2Master the structural parts of a Cuban instrumento público: encabezamiento, comparecencia, juicio de capacidad y legitimación, exposición/estipulaciones, otorgamiento, and autorización

3Review the seven legal branches defined in Article 30 of Res. 331/2025, giving balanced attention to registry law, family law, and commercial law

4Understand voluntary notarial jurisdiction matters under Ley 141/2021 (Código de Procesos), particularly intestate declarations of heirs and inventory procedures

5Verify registration principles in the Registro de la Propiedad, especially tracto sucesivo and the legal effects of registered property transactions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this practice bank an official translation or simulation of Cuba's notarial habilitación exam?

No. This practice bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation of Cuba's official Examen de Habilitación Notarial. The official examination is administered exclusively in Spanish, lasts up to 8 hours, and combines theoretical questions across seven branches of law with the practical drafting of a public instrument (instrumento público). This bank is an auxiliary study aid and does not substitute for drafting practice under examination conditions.

What is the statutory basis and regulatory authority for Cuba's notary qualification?

The examination is governed by Ley No. 175 de 2024 ('Del Notariado'), which took effect on 7 January 2026 (repealing the former Ley No. 50 de 1984), and MINJUS Resolución No. 331 de 2025 ('Reglamento de la Ley del Notariado', published in Gaceta Oficial No. 62 Ordinaria of 7 July 2025, repealing former Resolución No. 70 de 1992). The qualification is administered under the authority of the Dirección General de Notarías y Registros Públicos of the Ministerio de Justicia (MINJUS).

What is the format, structure, and duration of the official examination?

Under Article 31 of Resolución 331/2025, the written examination lasts up to 8 hours maximum: up to 4 hours for the theoretical section covering the seven named legal branches, and up to 4 hours for the practical section requiring the drafting of a public instrument. The exam paper is authored nationally by the Dirección General de Notarías y Registros Públicos.

What is the passing score and grading process for the notarial exam?

Under Article 32 of Resolución 331/2025, the minimum passing score is 70 points out of 100. The examining tribunal (tribunal examinador), constituted by resolution of the Minister of Justice and comprising five permanent members (four of whom are senior notaries), grades the examination within five working days. Article 36 provides that candidates scoring between 60 and 69 points may undergo supplementary oral questioning before final determination.

What major legal changes were introduced by Ley 175/2024 for notarial practice?

Ley 175/2024 modernised Cuban notarial law by introducing electronic notarial instruments and certified digital signatures, regulating notarial intervention in private economic actors (such as Mipymes and non-agricultural cooperatives), aligning notarial acts with the 2022 Family Code (Ley 156/2022), and removing the archaic requirement of instrumental witnesses for standard notarial marriage solemnization.