SimpleDeeds

California deed transfers

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  • ✓One flat price, no hidden fees
  • ✓Prepared by a registered Legal Document Assistant
  • ✓Recorded with your county for you
  • ✓Order online in about a minute
Buy Now — $295
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Select Your Deed

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Find Your Property

Do you live in this home?

♙ Secure checkout · County recording included

$395 applies if you don't live in the home and includes the $75 state SB 2 recording fee. If we can't prepare your document, you get a full refund.

Registered California LDA Bonded in Shasta County Recorded with your county recorder Prepared in Redding & Roseville, CA
How it works

Three steps. No phone tag.

It's a simple, fixed-scope service. You buy it, we prepare it, you sign it, we record it.

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Buy & tell us who and where

Check out in about a minute. All we need to start is the name to go on title and the property address.

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We research and prepare

We pull the current vesting and legal description, then prepare the correct California deed and every required county form.

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Notarize & we record

Sign in front of a notary, upload the signed deed, and we e-record it with your county. You get the recorded deed back by email.

DeeDee, the SimpleDeeds assistant, holding a deed
Meet DeeDee

Not sure what you need? Ask DeeDee!

She knows California deeds inside and out, and she’ll walk you through what folks in your situation commonly do, in plain English, any time of day. You pick the document; we prepare it.

DeeDee is an AI assistant. She shares general information about California deeds and our service, not legal or tax advice, and she can’t choose a document for you. DeeDee is not an attorney, and SimpleDeeds.com is not a law firm. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney; for property tax questions, your county assessor.

Pricing

One flat price. Everything included.

The things other services charge for à la carte are already in your $295.

SimpleDeeds package
$295 flat

Grant · Quitclaim · Interspousal transfer · Trust transfer · Transfer on death · Affidavit of death

  • Deed preparation at your direction
  • Vesting & legal-description research
  • Preliminary Change of Ownership Report (PCOR)
  • Documentary transfer-tax affidavit / exemption
  • All required county cover forms
  • E-recording with your county recorder
  • Recorded deed returned to you by email
You live in the home$295
You don't live there$395

Rentals, second homes, inherited homes no one lives in, and commercial property. The extra $100 is California's $75 SB 2 recording fee plus $25 for the extra paperwork.

Buy now

Checkout takes about a minute. If we can't prepare your document, you get a full refund.

SimpleDeeds vs. SmartDeeds

A low entry price isn't a low price.

Compare what you actually pay by the time the deed is recorded — and who's preparing it.

  SimpleDeeds SmartDeeds
What you pay, all in $295 flat $399 *
Pricing model One price, nothing added at checkout $149 is the deed only. You download and fill out the county forms yourself, or pay extra for everything we include. *
Who prepares it Registered California LDA Out-of-state self-help document service (not attorneys)
Where they're based Redding & Roseville, California Henderson, Nevada
Vesting & legal-description research Included +$85 *
County forms (PCOR, transfer-tax affidavit) Included +$80 *
Recording with the county Included +$85 *
Free notary Yes — in our Redding, Roseville, or Sacramento office Not included

* SmartDeeds prices from smartdeeds.com/pricing, checked October 20, 2026. Their $399 is the $149 deed plus research, forms, and recording, the same as their Professional plan. Our $295 is for a home you live in; even our $395 for rentals and other property comes in under their $399. Both SimpleDeeds and SmartDeeds are self-help document services, not law firms.

For escrow & title officers

Let us help your team!

Your file closes, and your client still needs a deed: the home back into the trust, a spouse back on title. Send them to us. One flat price, a registered LDA on every document, and no callbacks to your desk.

How we help escrow
For attorneys, LDAs & lenders

Work with us!

Make us your deed back office, at up to 20% off with Founding Partner pricing. Give us the address and the new vesting; we pull the deed, prepare it, and record it, so your team can stay on the work only you can do.

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Signing & recording

Getting it notarized is easy.

Your deed has to be signed in front of a notary before it can be recorded. You've got two simple options.

Sign with us — free

Come into our Redding, Roseville, or Sacramento office and sign with our notary at no charge. We'll record it the same visit.

Sign at your bank

Most banks notarize for their customers for free. Sign there, then upload the signed deed below and we'll handle recording.

Upload your signed & notarized deed

Send us the notarized deed and we'll e-record it with your county.

Questions

Deed transfers, answered.

Which deeds can you prepare? +
At your direction, we prepare California grant deeds, quitclaim deeds, interspousal transfer deeds, trust-transfer deeds, transfer on death deeds, and affidavits of death. As a Legal Document Assistant we prepare the deed you tell us you need — we don't choose the deed type for you or give legal advice.
Do I need a lawyer to transfer a deed in California? +
No. California lets a registered Legal Document Assistant prepare your deed at your specific direction. We are not attorneys and we don't provide legal advice — if you need legal advice about your situation, talk to an attorney.
Why is it $395 if I don't live in the home? +
California's SB 2 (the Building Homes & Jobs Act) charges a $75 state recording fee per parcel — up to $225 per transaction — on real estate documents that aren't part of a sale. Transfers of a home to an owner-occupier are exempt; rentals, second homes, inherited homes no one lives in, and commercial property aren't. The extra $100 covers that fee plus the extra paperwork.
Will I owe documentary transfer tax? +
Often not. Gifts with no money changing hands, transfers into your own revocable living trust, and transfers between spouses are commonly exempt; we prepare the affidavit either way. On a sale, the county documentary transfer tax is generally $1.10 per $1,000 of value. This is general information, not tax or legal advice.
What do you need from me to start? +
Three things: the name to go on title, the property address, and how you want the title vested — for example, into "The Smith Family Trust dated June 1, 2020," or as joint tenants. We can't prepare the deed without the vesting. We handle the rest, researching the current vesting and legal description, and follow up only if something needs clarifying.
Can you record the deed for me? +
Yes. Once your deed is signed and notarized and you've uploaded it, we e-record it with the county recorder where the property is located and send the recorded copy back by email. Recording turnaround varies by county.
Which areas do you serve? +
California only, for now. We prepare and record deeds for properties in any California county from our offices in Redding, Roseville, and Sacramento.
How do I reach a person? +
Tap "Ask DeeDee" in the corner — DeeDee, our chat assistant, answers almost everything about pricing, deeds, notarizing, and recording, instantly and any time of day. It's the fastest way to an answer, and it's how we keep the service this simple and the price this low. Already placed an order and need a hand? DeeDee will point you the right way.