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Electronic recording (e-recording) is submitting a signed, notarized property document to the County Recorder digitally through California’s Electronic Recording Delivery System (ERDS), instead of mailing it or filing in person. An authorized submitter transmits the document to the county, which records it and returns a stamped copy. TruPoint Legal is a Registered Legal Document Assistant authorized to e-record in all 58 California counties.

We transmit your signed, notarized document through ERDS the same business day we receive it. The County then records and returns the stamped copy within 1 to 3 business days, depending on the county’s processing volume. By comparison, mail-in services take 2 to 5 business days plus mail transit time.

Platform e-recording only — when you already have a prepared, notarized deed — is a single flat fee per document with no preparation, shown in the pricing above. We submit it the same business day we receive it, and the County records and returns it within 1 to 3 business days. County recording fees and documentary transfer tax are passed through at cost. If you also need the deed prepared, preparation is a separate service with same-day e-recording added on.

If a filing fails the county’s indexing requirements — margins, return address, document title, or APN — the Recorder returns it with a rejection reason. Up to three County rejections are included at no additional charge: we correct the formatting and resubmit. Each resubmission beyond the third is $25. Because our paperwork is prepared to county format, rejections are rare in our work.

TruPoint Legal e-records in all 58 California counties, including Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Alameda, Orange, and Sacramento. We are the rare Bay Area Legal Document Assistant authorized for San Francisco e-recording, where the Assessor-Recorder’s examiner rules make walk-in same-day filing difficult for most paper submissions.

Yes. Our E-Recording Only track is built for attorneys, title and escrow offices, lenders, real estate professionals, and homeowners who already have a signed, notarized document ready to record. We submit it electronically to the county through our platform and return your stamped copy — e-recording only, no preparation.

Yes. A deed must be signed before a notary before it can be recorded, electronically or on paper. If you still need notarization, our same-office partner Fingerscan Digital handles deed-signing notary at the same San Jose location, so you can notarize and record in one visit.

ERDS stands for Electronic Recording Delivery System — California’s state-regulated system that lets authorized submitters transmit real property documents to county recorders electronically. Only approved submitters may use it. As a Registered Legal Document Assistant, TruPoint Legal submits through ERDS on your behalf, so you never visit the Recorder’s office.

Yes. A California Registered Legal Document Assistant authorized to submit through ERDS can e-record your deed at your direction. TruPoint Legal is LDA #268, Santa Clara County, registered and bonded, and records in any of California’s 58 counties — platform e-recording only, or full deed preparation with e-recording added.

Often yes, if the signed and notarized document reaches us before the county’s afternoon cutoff and the county accepts electronic recording. Tell us the closing time when you first make contact — that is what sets everything else. What we cannot do is fix a document that is not signed yet, or one where the notary block is incomplete, because the county will reject it whichever way it is submitted. Send it early rather than perfect; we will tell you within minutes whether it will clear.

Not as an individual. California’s Electronic Recording Delivery System is only open to authorized submitters who have been vetted and approved — title companies, lenders, law offices, and authorized Legal Document Assistants like us. As a member of the public you can record in person or by mail, which works perfectly well when there is no deadline. E-recording exists for the times when there is one.

You get the rejection reason back, usually the same day, and the document simply has not recorded — there is no penalty, but the clock keeps running. Rejections come from a short list: the legal description was copied from the tax bill instead of the recorded deed, the notary acknowledgment was incomplete or on the wrong form, the documentary transfer tax declaration or exemption statement was missing, the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report was not attached, or the margins failed the format rules. If we prepared the document we correct and re-submit it at no additional preparation fee. If someone else prepared it, send us the rejection notice and we will quote the fix.

Most California counties accept it, but not all, and the list changes as counties join. Where a county does not, the document goes in by mail or in person, which adds days rather than making it impossible. We tell you which applies to your county before you commit, because it changes what we can promise about timing — and a promise about a deadline is not worth making if the county cannot support it.

Yes. Affidavits of death, deeds of trust and reconveyances, powers of attorney affecting real property, correction deeds, abstracts of judgment, and mechanics liens and lien releases all record with the county and can go through the same channel. Anything that records against real property in a California county is generally eligible. Tell us what you have and we will confirm before you pay.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons people use us. You sign before any notary public licensed where you live, or at a U.S. embassy or consulate if you are abroad, then send us the scan and we submit it to the California county. Some counties want an overseas signature authenticated first, so tell us where you are signing and we will confirm the route before you book the appointment. You never travel to California.

The signed and notarized document as a clear scan or the original, the county it records in, the completed Preliminary Change of Ownership Report if the document transfers ownership, and a deadline if you have one. If a title company or escrow officer has told you what they need recorded, send us their written note — it removes the guesswork. We confirm the county recording fee before anything is submitted, so there is no surprise on the invoice.