Free Practice Questions for Georgian Notary Qualification Exam

It is the official state licensing examination (ნოტარიუსთა საკვალიფიკაციო გამოცდა) established by the Law of Georgia on Notariat and administered by the Training Center of Justice (TCJ) under the Ministry of Justice of Georgia. Passing the examination is required to obtain qualification for appointment as a notary.

Under Article 11(1) of the Law of Georgia on Notaries, the office of notary may be held by a legally capable citizen of Georgia who has a higher legal education, has passed the qualification examination, and satisfies one of four routes: completing the internship under the Notary Chamber programme, at least 1 year of work as a notary, at least 5 years as a notary assistant, or at least 5 years of public service in the specialty. Article 11(2) exempts holders of a doctoral degree in civil law, private international law or civil procedure law from the examination, and Article 14 lists the grounds for refusing appointment, including a previous conviction for an intentional crime.

Order No 68 of the Minister of Justice runs the examination in two testing stages by computer program. Stage 1 is general skills (verbal and mathematical parts) and Stage 2 is the professional part. Each stage is a test of 100 questions with four possible answers of which one is correct, scored 1 point for a correct answer and 0 for an incorrect one. A candidate needs 70 or more points to advance from Stage 1 and 75 or more points to pass Stage 2. Article 10 allows 2 hours for the first stage and 3 hours for the second.

Article 12(6) of the Law of Georgia on Notaries provides that the results of the notary qualification examination lose force if the person does not carry out notarial activity within 2 years of passing. After that period the person must retake the examination in order to take up the office of notary.

Article 51(1) of the Law of Georgia on Notaries requires notarial actions performed by notaries, and by the officials referred to in Articles 42 and 43, to be registered in the Electronic Notary Registry. Article 51(2) assigns each action its own reference number, which is placed on the documents and endorsements issued, and Article 51(3) allows the notary to issue an excerpt from the Registry on the written application of the person at whose request or with regard to whom the action was completed.

Article 38(1)(o) of the Law of Georgia on Notaries lists the issuance of a writ of execution among notarial actions, and Article 38(5) allows a notary to issue one on a matured claim for payment of monetary indebtedness or assignment of title to property, and on request for compulsory enforcement against mortgaged or charged property, where the parties consent and the notary has explained the legal consequences in writing in the notarial act. Article 40 governs the creditor’s written application, and Article 40(5) has enforcement proceed under the Law of Georgia on Enforcement Proceedings, with an appeal not suspending it.

Article 12(5) of the Law of Georgia on Notaries sets the participation fee at 150 GEL and places the conduct of the examination with the LEPL Training Center of Justice. When the Minister of Justice sets an examination session by order, candidates submit their application, law diploma, identity document, photograph and proof of payment to the Training Center of Justice. Article 12(5-1) has the Notary Chamber reimburse the fee to a notary who begins practising in a settlement covered by Article 11(2-1).

Article 6(1) of the Law of Georgia on Notaries requires notarial actions to be performed in the state language, and the qualification examination is conducted in Georgian. This OpenExamPrep bank is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation covering the six subjects of the official programme; it is not an official translation of the examination and does not simulate its two-stage format or its general skills component.