California Property Conveyance — Without a Sale
A property conveyance moves the recorded owner of California real estate without an escrow sale. Most homeowners come to us for the same reasons — adding a spouse, removing an ex after divorce, funding a living plan, or moving real estate into an LLC for asset protection. Title companies decline these recordings because there is no buyer and no closing.
TruPoint Legal prepares the right form, the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report, and any applicable exclusion claim, then same-day e-records with the County Recorder where the real estate sits. Flat $275 standard / $400 entity (LLC, Corporation, partnership). All 58 California counties served. Filings submitted before noon 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 ↗.
When You Need a California Property Conveyance
Real situations clients walk in with every week. Each one needs a recorded conveyance — no escrow, no attorney required.
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. Flat $275.
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. Flat $275.
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. Flat $275 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. Flat $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. Flat $275.
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. Flat $275.
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. Flat $275.
Correction Filing
A previously recorded conveyance has a misspelled name, wrong APN, missing vesting, or incorrect description. We prepare a correction filing that supersedes the prior recording. Flat $275.
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 $500–$1,500 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 all 58 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 California Property Deed — One Flat Fee
Whether you’re funding a living trust, removing an ex-spouse after divorce, gifting property to family, or restructuring ownership through an LLC, we prepare the correct conveyance and ensure it meets county recorder requirements.
Grant Deed
The standard ownership transfer filing in California. Guarantees the grantor hasn’t already conveyed the property and hasn’t created undisclosed encumbrances.
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.
Learn more 03Interspousal Transfer Deed
Transfers property between married spouses. Frequently used during marriage, divorce, or refinancing to adjust title.
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.
Learn more 05Correction Deed
Fixes errors on a previously recorded deed — misspelled names, incorrect legal descriptions, wrong APN numbers, or missing vesting information.
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.
Learn more 07Affidavit — Death of Trustee
Recorded when a trustee dies so the successor trustee can manage, sell, or transfer trust-held property.
Learn more 08Entity Transfer Deed
Transfers property between individuals and entities — LLCs, corporations, or partnerships. Requires authorized signer verification.
Learn moreYour Deed Recorded in 4 Simple Steps
Complete Questionnaire
Fill out our online form with your property and transfer details. Takes about 10 minutes.
We Prepare Your Deed
Our team drafts your conveyance to meet California recording standards and your county’s specific requirements.
Sign & Notarize
Visit our San Jose office or schedule a mobile notary. Notarization is $15 per signature.
We Record It
We electronically submit your conveyance to the county recorder — often same-day — and return the recorded copy.
Flat-Fee Deed Services — No Surprises
Your exact price is confirmed before we begin. No hourly billing, no hidden costs.
Full Deed Preparation
We prepare, notarize & record your conveyance
E-Recording Only
You provide the prepared deed — we record it
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 58 counties. Most deeds are prepared within 24 hours, and we work late hours when a deadline is tight.
Same-day e-recording
Signed deed in hand? We e-record with the County Recorder the same business day in all 58 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.
TruPoint Legal LLC handles every property deed transfer type for San Jose and all 58 California counties. Our flat-fee property deed transfer service includes grant deed preparation (the standard property deed transfer for buying or selling), quitclaim deed preparation (the property deed transfer for adding or removing a spouse, transferring property between family members, or moving property into a living trust), interspousal transfer deed preparation (the divorce-specific property deed transfer that avoids reassessment), and trust transfer deed preparation (the property deed transfer that funds your living trust).
Whether the property deed transfer involves a grant deed sale, a quitclaim deed family transfer, an interspousal transfer deed divorce settlement, or an entity-to-trust property deed transfer, the underlying recording requirements are identical: the property deed must be drafted to California Civil Code formatting, signed before a California Notary Public, accompanied by a Preliminary Change of Ownership Report (PCOR), and recorded with the County Recorder in the property’s California county. TruPoint Legal handles each grant deed, quitclaim deed, interspousal transfer deed, and trust transfer deed at flat-fee $275 with same-day e-recording across all 58 California counties — serving San Jose, the Bay Area, and statewide. Our San Jose office prepares hundreds of property deed transfer filings every month.
Quitclaim deed vs. grant deed: Most California property deed transfers are either a grant deed (used when there is a sale and the seller warrants clear title) or a quitclaim deed (used for transfers between family members, divorces, or property funding into a trust where no title warranty is needed). A quitclaim deed transfers whatever interest the grantor has in the property, with no warranty. A grant deed warrants that the grantor has not previously conveyed the property to anyone else and that the property is free of undisclosed encumbrances created by the grantor. TruPoint Legal prepares both quitclaim deed and grant deed filings at flat-fee $275, with same-day e-recording across all 58 California counties.
Same-day e-recording: California e-recording is the electronic submission of a quitclaim deed, grant deed, or other property document directly to the County Recorder, bypassing the paper-mail backlog. E-recording typically confirms within hours, not weeks. TruPoint Legal is e-recording-enabled in every one of California’s 58 county recorders, so whether your quitclaim deed or grant deed needs to land in Los Angeles County, San Francisco County, San Diego County, or anywhere statewide, the e-recording happens the same business day.
We Record Deeds in All 58 California Counties
From Los Angeles to Humboldt, San Diego to Shasta — our electronic recording platform covers every county.
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 has filed thousands of these — the AI drafts nothing here without a trained person checking every field against the actual county requirements.
Need Notary or Fingerprinting?
Our San Jose partner Fingerscan Digital Inc. offers DOJ-certified Live Scan fingerprinting, apostille services, mobile notary, and tax preparation — all at 434 Blossom Hill Rd.
Visit Fingerscan Notary & Live ScanRealtors & Attorneys — B2B Services
Handle multiple property transfers for clients? Fingerscan Digital offers bulk recording, realtor referral programs, and professional e-recording across all California counties.
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Hundreds of Deeds Recorded Every Month
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