Notaria 1

What Notaria 1 does

Notaría Primera de Bucaramanga is a Colombian quasi-governmental notary office (notaría) operating within the Círculo de Bucaramanga, department of Santander. It is the legal entity formally designated as "NOTARIA PRIMERA DEL CÍRCULO DE BUCARAMANGA" and exercises delegated "fe pública" (public faith) functions under the regulatory oversight of the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro (SNR), pursuant to Ley 588 de 2000 and Decreto 960 de 1970. The office is staffed by approximately 10 employees and operates from a single physical location at Carrera 20 No. 34-25, Bucaramanga, with structured weekday and Saturday on-duty hours.

The entity delivers four core notarial service lines: Escrituración (drafting and authorization of public deeds for property, family law, successions, and similar acts), Autenticación (signature attestation on private documents), Registro Civil (civil registry of births, marriages, deaths, and related civil status events), and No Escriturarios (non-deed acts including extra-process declarations and comparecences). Supporting technology is light: the office maintains a WordPress-based website, participates in the UCNC NotariTECH digital ecosystem, and uses eN-Traza (notarial paper traceability, launched February 2022 by UCNC's NOTARILAB) and the Calculadora Notarial (an online fee estimation tool). Accessibility accommodations include Braille signage, sign language interpretation, and preferential service windows.

Revenue is generated entirely through regulated per-act notarial fees set by the SNR, with tariffs updated annually. Some services — notably birth and death registrations and first-time cédula birth record copies — are provided at no cost. Pricing is fully publicly disclosed and a fee calculator is available to the public. The customer base is horizontal and fragmented across citizens, real estate buyers/sellers, couples/families, and special population groups. The office has no subsidiaries, no parent company, no external investors, and reports monthly statistics to the SNR and the Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil. Importantly, this is a regulated public-service franchise rather than a conventional investment-grade operating company, which constrains the applicability of standard PE/VC analytical frameworks.

Name

Notaria 1

Legal name

NOTARIA PRIMERA DEL CÍRCULO DE BUCARAMANGA

Website

https://notaria1bucaramanga.com.co

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Notaría Primera de Bucaramanga is a Colombian quasi-governmental notary office exercising delegated public-faith functions in the Bucaramanga jurisdictional circle, offering public deeds, document authentication, and civil registry services to citizens, families, and real estate transactors under SNR-regulated tariffs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bucaramanga

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Notarial Fees (Derechos Notariales): Revenue is generated through fees charged for notarial acts and services, including escritura pública, autenticación, registro civil, and other notarial procedures. Fees are regulated by the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro per applicable law (Ley 588 de 2000). Tariffs are updated annually per SNR resolutions.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Notaría Primera de Bucaramanga provides four core notarial services under Colombian law: Escrituración (drafting and authorization of public deeds for property transactions, powers of attorney, successions, wills, and family law acts), Autenticación (written authentication of signatures on private documents), Registro Civil (civil registry of births, marriages, deaths, separations, and other civil status events), and No Escriturarios (non-deed actions such as extra-process declarations and country exit permits). All services are regulated by the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro (SNR) and operate within the jurisdictional circle of Bucaramanga, Santander.

Product overview

Notaría Primera de Bucaramanga is a Colombian notary office providing four core notarial services: Escrituración (deed drafting and authorization), Autenticación (document authentication), Registro Civil (civil registry services), and No Escriturarios (non-deed notarial actions). These services are delivered through both traditional in-person processes and digital tools developed under the NotariTECH program, including eN-Traza for notarial paper traceability and the Calculadora Notarial for fee estimation. The office operates within the UCNC digital ecosystem to modernize notarial services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Escrituración
• Autenticación
• Registro Civil
• No Escriturarios

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, moderate and minor.

• Unión Colegiada del Notariado Colombiano (UCNC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe notaría operates under the UCNC umbrella, which provides institutional support, digital tools (NotariTECH ecosystem, Calculadora Notarial, eN-Traza platform), training, and normative guidance. UCNC manages the digital transformation program for Colombian notarial services.
• Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro (SNR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe SNR is the regulatory and supervisory body for notarial services in Colombia. It sets tariffs, assigns on-duty Saturday rotations, oversees compliance, and issues normative instructions. The notaría reports monthly statistics and annual activity reports to the SNR.
• Registraduría Nacional del Estado CivilmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe notaría coordinates with the Registraduría for civil registry matters, including birth, marriage, and death registrations. The notaría sends monthly statistical reports and copies of civil registry documents to the Registraduría.
• Ministerio de Justicia y del DerechomajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment ministry responsible for justice policy. Listed as part of the institutional directory of entities that oversee the notarial sector.
• Ventanilla Única de Registro (VUR)moderateTechnology or IntegrationAfter completing escritura pública for real estate transactions, the notaría delivers authenticated copies to clients for registration at the VUR, which manages the public instruments registry system.
• Unión Colegiada del Oriente Colombiano (UCONOR)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional guild association of notaries in eastern Colombia. Listed in the directory of guild associations and interest groups. Part of the broader UCNC network.
• Other Colombian Notary Unions (UNINOTARIOS, UNOBOG, UCNITOL, UNICUND, UCNBOY, UCONCA, UNIHUPUCA, UNIVOC)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorVarious regional notary unions across Colombia listed in the directory of guild associations and interest groups, representing different geographic regions of the Colombian notarial system.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Other Notarías del Círculo de Bucaramanga: Other notary offices authorized within the same jurisdictional circle of Bucaramanga (Notarías Segunda, Tercera, and additional numbered offices). They offer the same four core services — escritura pública, autenticación, registro civil, no escriturarios — to citizens in the same territory, with each notary holding its own designation and competing for non-exclusive service share.
• Notaría Primera de Bogotá: A representative peer Notaría Primera in Bogotá, operating under the same UCNC framework and SNR regulatory oversight. Provides the same four-pillar notarial service portfolio (escrituración, autenticación, registro civil, no escriturarios) to citizens in its jurisdictional circle, with comparable scale and similar digital ecosystem integration.

Others

• Ventanilla Única de Registro (VUR): Public registry system for recording real estate public instruments after notarial processing. Acts as the downstream registry step following escritura pública issuance at the notary office. Enabling/adjacent participant in the property transaction value chain managed by the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro.
• Registraduría Nacional del Estado Civil: Colombian national authority for civil registry and identification. Coordinates with the notaría for civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths. Adjacent rather than competitive, sharing overlapping scope in civil status documentation and receiving monthly statistical reports from notary offices.
• Unión Colegiada del Notariado Colombiano (UCNC): National guild/cooperative representing Colombian notaries. Provides the NotariTECH digital ecosystem, eN-Traza paper traceability, Calculadora Notarial, training, and institutional support. Acts as the central enabling organization for all affiliated Colombian notary offices, including Notaría Primera de Bucaramanga.
• Ministerio de Justicia y del Derecho: Colombian government ministry responsible for justice policy. Listed within the institutional directory of entities that oversee the notarial sector. Sets broader justice-sector policy context within which notarial services and the Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro operate.
• Superintendencia de Notariado y Registro (SNR): Colombian regulatory authority that sets notarial tariffs, assigns Saturday on-duty rotations, oversees compliance, and issues normative instructions. Not a competitor but the governing entity that defines the operational framework within which Notaría Primera de Bucaramanga and all Colombian notary offices operate.

Regional players

• Other Regional Colombian Notarías (Medellín, Cali): Major notarial offices in other Colombian metropolitan areas such as Medellín and Cali. Offer the same core notarial services under the UCNC framework but serve different geographic jurisdictions, providing useful comparability for service mix, tariff application, and digital tool adoption trajectories without direct territorial overlap.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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