After you submit the intake form, we review it and follow up if we have any questions. No payment is collected until your contract is signed.
A standard deed is $325, an LLC or corporation transfer is $400, plus your county’s recording fee. Typical turnaround is one to two business days from the day you sign, in California counties that accept e-recording. See every fee →
Deed preparation services across California
TruPoint Legal’s deed preparation services cover every common California deed: grant, quitclaim, interspousal transfer, trust transfer, transfer on death, correction, trustee’s and LLC or corporation deeds, along with affidavits of death. Clients include homeowners, families and trustees, real estate investors and private lenders — usually for a transfer with no escrow sale, which title companies decline to handle.
Every deed includes drafting from the current vesting deed, the legal description, the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report, the documentary transfer tax declaration, and a recording-ready packet. You choose the deed; we prepare it to your county’s formatting rules and e-record it. Standard deeds are $325, correction deeds $350, LLC and corporation deeds $400, and trustee’s deeds $400, plus the county recording fee. Signed deeds received before noon can record the same business day.
As a Registered & Bonded Document Assistant (LDA #268, Santa Clara County), TruPoint Legal handles work title companies cannot, at a fraction of attorney pricing. Verify our LDA registration ↗ or view our CALDA member profile ↗.
Deed preparation by situation
Homeowners, families, trustees and investors bring us these situations every week. You choose the deed; we prepare it and record it with your county.
Add a Spouse After Marriage
You bought your home before marriage and want to add your spouse to title. The interspousal filing skips property tax reassessment under the California spousal exclusion. $325.
Remove an Ex After Divorce
The divorce settlement awards the home to you. Recording the conveyance within one year of judgment preserves the base year value. $325.
Fund a Living Plan
You have a revocable living plan but never moved the home into it. That unfunded asset goes through probate at death anyway. $325 funding filing.
Move Real Estate Into an LLC
Moving a rental into an LLC for asset protection. Entity conveyance requires the proportional-ownership recital that preserves the base year value. $400.
Parent-to-Child Transfer (Prop 19)
Transferring your home to an adult child while preserving the Proposition 13 base year value under Proposition 19. We prepare the grant filing plus the parent-child exclusion claim together. $325.
Gift Real Estate to Family
Gifting real estate to a family member. We prepare the conveyance plus the applicable reassessment exclusion claim and walk through the federal gift-tax reporting threshold. $325.
Affidavit of Death (Joint Tenant)
A joint tenant or trustee passed away and you need to clear title to the surviving owner. Affidavit recorded with the certified death certificate — faster than probate, no court hearing. $325.
Correction Filing
A previously recorded conveyance has a misspelled name, wrong APN, missing vesting, or incorrect description. We prepare a correction deed that supersedes the prior recording. This is a corrective document, not a standard transfer — $350.
Title Companies Won’t Record Your Deed Without a Sale
If you need to transfer property into a living trust, add or remove a spouse, settle a divorce, or move real estate into an LLC, you’ve likely discovered that title companies and escrow officers only handle deed recording as part of a property sale with escrow.
That leaves thousands of California property owners stuck — unable to complete routine transfers that don’t involve a buyer, seller, or mortgage lender. Attorneys can help, but often charge $1,000–$2,000 or more for a simple filing.
That’s where TruPoint Legal comes in. As a registered Legal Document Assistant, we prepare, notarize, and electronically record property deeds across 50 California counties — no escrow, no sale, no attorney fees required.
Title Companies Say…
- “We can’t help unless you’re selling through escrow”
- “We already closed escrow — we don’t do post-closing transfers”
- “Try calling an attorney”
TruPoint Legal Says…
- We prepare your conveyance and handle every county’s requirements
- We notarize at our San Jose office — walk-ins welcome
- We e-record in any California county, often same-day
Every deed we prepare, priced upfront
Choose the deed your situation calls for. Each card shows the preparation fee and links to that deed’s full service page. County recording fees and optional add-ons are itemized separately.
Transfer on Death Deed
Names who receives the property when the owner dies, outside probate, while the owner keeps full ownership and control during life. $325
Learn more 02Quitclaim Deed
Transfers whatever interest the grantor holds — without warranties. Commonly used between family members, to add or remove a name from title, or to clear up ownership. $325
Learn more 03Grant Deed
California’s standard deed for a sale — transfers ownership with two implied warranties a quitclaim doesn’t give. $325
Learn more 03Interspousal Transfer Deed
Transfers property between married spouses. Frequently used during marriage, divorce, or refinancing to adjust title. $325
Learn more 04Trust Transfer Deed
Moves real estate into or out of a California living trust. Essential for estate planning — unfunded trusts lead to probate. $325 per property
Learn more 05Correction Deed
Fixes errors on a previously recorded deed — misspelled names, incorrect legal descriptions, wrong APN numbers, or missing vesting information. $350
Learn more 06Affidavit — Death of Joint Tenant
Clears title when a joint tenant passes away. Recorded with a certified death certificate to confirm survivorship ownership. $325
Learn more 07Affidavit — Death of Trustee
Recorded when a trustee dies so the successor trustee can manage, sell, or transfer trust-held property. $325
Learn more 08Trustee’s Deed
Signed by a successor trustee to move trust property to the beneficiaries after the settlor dies — also called a deed of distribution. $400
Learn more 09Entity Transfer Deed
Transfers property between individuals and entities — LLCs, corporations, or partnerships. Requires authorized signer verification. $400
Learn moreWhat deed preparation includes
Drafted From Your Vesting Deed
We draft from the current recorded deed, carrying over the exact legal description and parcel number.
Change-of-Ownership Report
The Preliminary Change of Ownership Report and transfer tax declaration, completed to match the deed.
County Formatting Review
Margins, cover sheet and parcel formatting checked against your county’s recording rules before you sign.
Recording-Ready Packet
Signing instructions for any notary, then e-recording with your county and the stamped copy emailed to you. E-recording is itemized on your quote.
Deed Services — No Surprises
Your exact price is confirmed before we begin. No hourly billing, no hidden costs.
Standard Deed Preparation
Grant, quitclaim, interspousal, trust transfer or TOD deed. Correction $350 · LLC/corporation $400 · Trustee’s $400
E-Recording Add-On
For documents we prepare — added to your deed preparation
Not offered for documents prepared by clients, attorneys, or other preparers. The original signed document must be in our possession before submission.
Deed needs to record before your deadline? Same business day.
When a deed must record before a closing, a wire-funding deadline, or a court date, waiting weeks is not an option. TruPoint Legal prepares your deed, runs the PCOR, arranges notarization, and e-records with the County Recorder the same business day — in any of California’s 50 e-recording counties. Most deeds are prepared within 24 hours, and we work late hours when a deadline is tight.
Same-day e-recording
Once you sign the deed we prepared, we e-record it with the County Recorder the same business day we receive the original, in 50 California counties.
Before your closing deadline
Refinance, wire-funding, or sale closing this week? We file before your deadline — no waiting weeks for an attorney callback.
24-hour prep & after-hours
Most deeds prepared within 24 hours of your intake. We work late hours to meet recording cut-off times.
We Record Deeds in 50 California Counties
From Los Angeles to Humboldt, San Diego to Shasta — our electronic recording platform covers every county.
Local deed pages: San Jose · Pleasanton · El Cerrito
A $30 form mistake can cost you $15,000 a year — for life
Deed paperwork looks simple, which is exactly why DIY and AI-generated deeds go wrong so often. The form prints fine; the problem shows up months later when the county assessor reassesses your property or the Recorder rejects the filing. Here’s what actually goes wrong — we walk you through your options, you decide which fits.
The wrong exemption claim triggers reassessment
DIY and AI deeds routinely miss the specific exclusion language or skip the required exclusion form, so the assessor treats the transfer as a full change of ownership.
Permanent property tax reassessment costing $11,000–$15,000 per year, every year you own the home.
The wrong deed type for the situation
A quitclaim where an interspousal or trust transfer deed was needed transfers the wrong interest — or strips a warranty the recipient needed.
Re-recording fees, a second transfer to fix it, and possible loss of title protection — often $500–$2,000 to unwind.
The County Recorder rejects the filing
Each of California’s 58 counties has its own margin, font, cover-sheet, and parcel-number formatting rules. AI tools don’t know them.
Days-to-weeks of delay — and if there’s a closing, refinance, or court deadline, the deadline is missed.
A missing or wrong Preliminary Change of Ownership Report
The PCOR must accompany the deed and claim the right exclusion; DIY filers often omit it or fill it in wrong.
A $20+ penalty per deed, plus a reassessment that the missing form would have prevented.
Why an AI-generated deed without human review is a gamble
AI tools and free online generators produce a deed that looks finished — but they don’t verify the exemption claim, confirm the legal description against the county’s records, or catch the formatting a specific California County Recorder requires. An AI tool can’t see that your parcel number changed after a lot split, that your county rejects a certain margin size, or that your transfer needs a specific exclusion form attached. A deed that records with the wrong exemption is still legally recorded — you usually don’t find out until the assessor’s reassessment notice arrives months later, and by then the fix means re-recording and fighting the reassessment. Every TruPoint Legal document is prepared and reviewed by a human Registered Legal Document Assistant who prepares these routinely — the AI drafts nothing here without a trained person checking every field against the actual county requirements.
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More than a filled-in form: what’s included with every deed
Many document services complete the form and stop there. We stay with you from your intake questionnaire to your recorded copy, so you understand what you are signing and why.
We review your intake and follow up
We read your intake questionnaire line by line and contact you with clarifying questions about names, current vesting and the reason for the transfer before anything is drafted.
Vesting in plain language
We give you general information about the ways California title can be held, such as community property with right of survivorship, joint tenancy or a living trust, so you understand the choices. You decide how title is held.
Reassessment explained
We explain the property tax reassessment exclusions that generally apply to transfers like yours under Prop 13 and Prop 19, then prepare the deed with the exclusion you direct us to claim and the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report.
Guided through signing and recording
We walk you through signing, in our San Jose office or remotely, handle the recording, and send you the recorded copy once the county records it.
How is TruPoint Legal different from other deed preparers?
We do not just fill in the deed. We review your intake questionnaire, follow up with clarifying questions, give you plain-language information about vesting options and property tax reassessment, and guide you through signing and recording until you have your recorded copy. As a registered Legal Document Assistant (LDA #268), we prepare documents at your direction and do not give legal advice, so every choice stays yours. See how it works.
Deed Preparation Services: Common Questions
Every Deed Reviewed Before It Records
We understand every county recorder’s requirements across 50 California counties
A deed moves the property today.
A living trust keeps it out of probate later.
Many California homeowners who transfer a property also set up a living trust — so the next transfer, when a parent passes, doesn’t put their family through probate court. We prepare the trust documents at your direction.
Skip probate
Property held in a living trust passes directly to your beneficiaries — no probate case, no court timeline, no public filing.
Keep it private
Probate is part of the public record. A living trust keeps who-gets-what, and the property’s value, out of public view.
Stay in control
You keep full use of your home while you’re living, name who manages it after, and can change it any time. We prepare it — you decide the terms.
We prepare living trust and deed documents at your specific direction. If a living trust isn’t the right fit for your situation, that decision is yours — we’ll prepare whatever you choose.
Own property in both California and Nevada?
Many of our clients live in one state and own property in the other: a San Jose family with a Las Vegas rental, or a Nevada retiree who still owns the California home. A California deed follows California rules and a Nevada deed follows Nevada rules, so the preparer has to be authorized in the state where the property sits.
Before you hire anyone for out-of-state property, check their registration in that state. In California, a non-attorney preparer must be a Registered Legal Document Assistant. In Nevada, a document preparation service must be registered and bonded with the Secretary of State under NRS 240A. Many preparers hold only one of these.
We hold both. TruPoint Legal LLC is a Registered and Bonded California Legal Document Assistant (LDA #268, Santa Clara County), and our Nevada company, TruPoint LLC, is a registered and bonded Nevada Document Preparation Service in Las Vegas. Both companies are registered in California and Nevada. For Nevada property, see transferring Nevada property from out of state.
TruPoint LLC is a registered Nevada Document Preparation Service. I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY IN THE STATE OF NEVADA. I AM NOT AUTHORIZED TO GIVE LEGAL ADVICE OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION. I MAY NOT ACCEPT FEES FOR GIVING LEGAL ADVICE OR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
Not sure who currently holds title, or whether a lien is recorded against the property? Run a property title report first to confirm the owner of record and any recorded liens before you proceed. For a fast owner-and-lien snapshot, an ownership & encumbrance (O&E) report is often all you need.