Category: Property Transfer

A recorder can reject a deed over small formatting errors, and the transfer is not final until it records. Here is what gets deeds bounced and why it matters.

A cloud on your title can stall a sale or refinance without warning. Here is what causes one, why it surfaces late, and how a corrective deed fits.

Prop 19 narrowed the parent-child property tax break. Here is what changed, what still qualifies, and why the deed and timing now matter more than ever.

Moving a rental into an LLC can shield you, or trigger tax, due-on-sale, and reassessment problems if the deed is done wrong. Here is what is really at stake.

A signed living trust does not own your home until a deed transfers it in. Here is why the funding deed is the step that makes a trust actually work.

A quitclaim and a grant deed both move property, but only one promises the title is clean. Here is when each fits and why the wrong pick can cost you.

Adding a spouse to your home’s title sounds simple, but the wrong deed can trigger taxes or reshape who inherits. Here is what the change really involves.

A divorce decree says who keeps the house, but it does not change the deed. Here is why the title still shows both names, and what actually moves it.

Grant, quitclaim, interspousal, trust transfer — California uses several deeds, and the wrong one can cost you. Here is which deed fits which situation, in plain English.

California Property Title How to Add Someoneto a Deed in California Adding a name takes one recorded document and about ten minutes of paperwork. Removing that name later can take a lawsuit. It’s worth understanding both sides before you sign. By Quinnie DoRegistered Legal Document Assistant, LDA #268 To add someone to a California deed, you […]