Sunnyvale Deed Transfer
Prepared & E-Recorded, from $325
Moving the house into your living trust, putting a rental into an LLC, clearing a deceased owner from title, or adding a spouse: title and escrow companies only record these as part of a sale. We prepare the deed you name, with the change-of-ownership report and the exemption language that protects your Prop 13 base, for $325, and e-record it with Santa Clara County. Meet us at our San Jose office or handle everything remotely, whichever you prefer.
Cherry Chase · Lakewood Village · Ortega Park · Birdland · Heritage District
Published pricing
Optional: same-day e-recording +$50 · title search +$30 · notary +$15/signature · BOE exclusion form +$100 if applicable. County recording fees are collected at cost. See full pricing →
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.
Typical turnaround is one to two business days from the day you sign. You never visit the recorder’s office.
What a Sunnyvale deed transfer takes
and what it costs
A deed transfer for a Sunnyvale home is prepared as a new deed and recorded with the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder, because Sunnyvale is in Santa Clara County. Title and escrow companies only handle transfers that are part of a sale, so owners who add a spouse, fund a living trust, or move a rental into an LLC need a deed preparer. California real estate attorneys typically charge $1,000–$2,000 for a single deed. TruPoint Legal, a Santa Clara County–registered Legal Document Assistant (LDA #268), prepares the deed you name for $325, with the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report and the exemption language built in, then e-records it and emails you the stamped copy.
House, condo, or mobile home?
How a Sunnyvale property transfers
Sunnyvale has single-family neighborhoods, condo and townhome communities, and many mobile home parks. The type of property decides which document moves ownership.
Recorded deed
From mid-century Eichler streets to newer subdivisions, a Sunnyvale house transfers by a grant, quitclaim, interspousal, or trust transfer deed recorded with Santa Clara County. $325.
Recorded deed, same as a house
A condo or townhome unit is real property and transfers by recorded deed. The deed describes your unit and its share of the common area exactly as the last recorded deed does. $325.
Usually an HCD title, not a deed
A manufactured home in a park is normally titled with the state, not recorded with the county. See our mobile home title transfer for Santa Clara County. If the home sits on a permanent foundation on land you own, it transfers by deed instead.
Deeds we prepare for
Sunnyvale owners
You tell us the document you need; we prepare it and record it. See every type of deed we prepare, including deeds of trust and trustee’s deeds.
Fund a living trust
The home only avoids probate once a trust transfer deed moves it into the trust. See our trust transfer deed. $325 per property.
Move a rental into an LLC
A grant deed plus the entity-transfer paperwork, prepared so ownership stays proportional. See our LLC and corporation deed. $400.
Clear a deceased owner from title
An affidavit of death removes a deceased joint tenant or trustee so the surviving owner holds clean title. See our affidavit of death page. $325.
Add a spouse after marriage
An interspousal transfer puts your spouse on title without a sale and keeps it out of reassessment. See our interspousal transfer deed. $325.
Remove an ex after divorce
When a judgment or settlement awards the home to one spouse, a quitclaim or interspousal transfer clears the other off title. See transferring the house after a divorce. $325.
Transfer a home to your child
A grant deed filed with the parent-child exclusion claim can protect the lower tax base under Proposition 19. $325 plus the $100 exclusion form.
A long-held Sunnyvale home
is worth protecting
Your property tax is based on the assessed value from when you acquired the home, plus at most 2% a year. Many Sunnyvale homes bought years ago are now worth far more than that value. A deed the Assessor treats as a change in ownership can reset the tax to today’s market price, while spousal, trust, and qualifying parent-child transfers can be excluded when the documents are prepared correctly.
Enter your own numbers in our Santa Clara County reassessment estimate to see what a reassessment could add each year.
What a Sunnyvale
deed transfer costs
How $325 compares: a California real estate attorney typically charges $1,000–$2,000 to prepare and record a single deed, with the consultation billed separately.
Standard deed
- Grant, quitclaim, interspousal, trust transfer, or TOD deed
- Preliminary Change of Ownership Report prepared
- Exemption language for the transfer you name
- One revision included
Entity deed (LLC / Corp)
- Everything in the standard deed
- Entity-transfer paperwork filed concurrently
- Does not include a promissory note
| Optional add-ons | Fee |
|---|---|
| Same-day e-recording | +$50 |
| Title search (pre-recording) | +$30 |
| Notary, per signature (in office) | +$15 |
| BOE exclusion form | +$100 |
| Homestead declaration | +$15 |
| Correction deed (instead of standard) | $350 |
County recording fees are collected with your intake and paid to the county at cost. Add-ons are optional and never bundled into the base fee.
About Quinnie Do
Registered Legal Document Assistant · LDA #268 · Santa Clara County
Quinnie Do founded TruPoint Legal LLC and holds three California credentials: Registered Legal Document Assistant, Commissioned Notary Public, and Registered IRS Tax Preparer. She works directly with clients in English, Vietnamese, and Cantonese, with Spanish available through our office partner.
On Sunnyvale transfers: Sunnyvale is in the same county where LDA #268 is registered, so the .gov verification is in-county. Quinnie prepares Sunnyvale deeds from the TruPoint office in San Jose and e-records them with the Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder.
Every Sunnyvale
neighborhood
Wherever the property sits in Sunnyvale, we prepare and e-record the deed. For other cities, see our Santa Clara County deed transfer page.
- Cherry Chase
- Birdland
- Ortega Park
- Lakewood Village
- Raynor Park
- Ponderosa Park
- Washington Park
- Heritage District
- Serra Park
- Panama Park
- Las Palmas Park
- Fair Oaks
- Cumberland
- Sunnyvale West
What South Bay clients tell us
I have been working with Quinnie for an Interspousal Deed Transfer. I was very impressed by the service provided. Quinnie was very responsive, knowledgeable and efficient. Highly recommend!
Claire Demarquet
Google review · May 2026
Quick and good service for deed.
Yingjie Liu
Google review · May 2026
Other South Bay
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Sunnyvale deed transfer questions
How much does a deed transfer cost in Sunnyvale?
A standard Sunnyvale deed transfer is $325. That covers the deed, the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report, the exemption language for the transfer you name, and one revision. Entity deeds for an LLC or corporation are $400, and a correction deed is $350. Optional add-ons are same-day e-recording ($50), notary ($15 per signature), and the BOE exclusion form ($100) when it applies. Santa Clara County’s recording fee is collected at intake and paid to the county at cost.
Can you add or remove a name on my Sunnyvale deed?
Yes. We prepare the grant deed or quitclaim deed you select to add or remove an owner, with the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report and the exemption you name, for $325. We e-record it with Santa Clara County and email you the recorded copy.
My Sunnyvale home is in a mobile home park. Do I need a deed?
Usually not. A manufactured home in a park is normally titled with the state housing department rather than recorded with the county, so ownership changes through a title transfer. See our mobile home title transfer for Santa Clara County. A home on a permanent foundation on land you own transfers by recorded deed instead.
Can I add my spouse to my house title in Sunnyvale without a reassessment?
Yes. Transfers between spouses are excluded from reassessment when the deed carries the spousal exemption recital, so an interspousal transfer deed adds your spouse without resetting your Prop 13 base. A change-of-ownership report is filed with the deed. $325.
Can you transfer my Sunnyvale home into my trust?
Yes. A trust transfer deed moves the home into your existing trust for $325 per property, with the trust exemption stated on the deed so the transfer is not reassessed. A home only avoids probate once it is deeded into the trust. See fund your living trust.
Can you transfer my Sunnyvale rental to my LLC?
Yes. Deeds into or out of an LLC or corporation are $400 and include the change-of-ownership report. We state the exemption you identify on the deed and e-record it with Santa Clara County. See our LLC and corporation deed page.
How do I remove a deceased spouse or owner from the deed in Sunnyvale?
Yes, when the last recorded deed shows the property was held as joint tenants or in a trust. Joint tenancy uses an affidavit of death of joint tenant; trust property uses an affidavit of death of trustee. We prepare it for $325 and e-record it with Santa Clara County. If the deceased owned the home in their name alone, nothing passes automatically and a probate procedure applies instead.
Do I have to come to your office?
It is your choice. Most Santa Clara County clients sign in person with our notary at 434 Blossom Hill Road in San Jose, where in-office notary is $15 per signature. If you prefer, you can handle it remotely instead.
Can a legal document assistant prepare my Sunnyvale deed?
Yes. In California, a deed may be prepared by a licensed attorney, a Registered Legal Document Assistant, or the property owners themselves. Real estate agents, escrow officers, notaries, and title staff may not prepare one, which is why transfers outside a sale get referred out. As a Santa Clara County–registered LDA (#268), we prepare your deed at your direction for $325 and e-record it.
Start your Sunnyvale
deed today
You tell us the document you need; we confirm the fee and scope before any work begins. If an LDA isn’t the right fit for your transfer, we’ll tell you.