Recorder Sample Documents
The "Recorder Sample Documents" below is a partial list of commonly used recording forms and a description of each. The descriptions are general and are not intended to be complete legal definitions. The forms are provided on this web site as a courtesy and as a public service for your convenience. We make no representation as to their suitability for your purposes. Other forms may be obtained from attorneys, real estate professionals, stationery or office supply stores or from other legal forms web sites. Our employees are precluded from providing legal advice and they cannot assist the public in the preparation of legal documents. If you have questions concerning which document form is appropriate for your transaction, or if you are in need of assistance in the preparation of that document, you should consult an attorney or obtain other professional advice.
Secures payment for a money judgment creditor and establishes the priority of the judgment against the judgment debtor.Code of Civil Procedure 674, 697.060, 697.310.
Verifies the death of, and identifies the decedent as a former joint tenant in specifically described or referred to real property.
Probate Code 210-211
Verifies the death of, and identifies the decedent as the Spouse of the declarant and, as former interest holder in specifically described or referred to real property. Probate Code 210-211
Verifies the death of, and identifies the decedent as a former trustee in specifically described or referred to real property.
Probate Code 210-211
To evidence proof of labor and improvements made in accordance with legal requirements for mining claims.
Public Resources Code 3913, 3914
To evidence a surviving spouse’s right to dispose of community real property.
Probate Code 13540
To evidence the claim of a successor’s interest in real property of small value ($20,000 or less) upon the death of an owner.
Probate Code 13200-13202
Assigns/transfers the beneficial interest in a deed of trust from one party to another.
Civil Code 2934
Assigns/transfers the beneficial interest in a deed of trust from one party to another.
Civil Code 2934
Terminates a previously recorded homestead or any interest therein.
Code of Civil Procedure 704.980
A written instrument by which a person transfers ownership of real property to another.
Civil Code 1092
A declaration that establishes a homestead interest in real property.
Code of Civil Procedure 704.930
An instrument containing an authorization for one to act as agent for another in a designated capacity. Terminates upon revocation by the principal or upon death of the principal or agent, or upon the date of termination.
Civil Code 2933
Creates a lien in favor of persons contributing labor, material, supplies, etc., to a work of improvement upon real property.
Civil Code 8416
An instrument used to transfer title from a trustee to the equitable owner of real estate when title is held as collateral security for a debt. Commonly used when a deed of trust is paid in full.
Civil Code 2941
A notice indicating that a construction job has been completed. It reduces the time frame in which a mechanics lien may be filed.
Civil Code 3093
An instrument containing an authorization for one to act as agent for another in a designated capacity. Terminates upon revocation by the principal or upon death of the principal or agent.
Civil Code 2933
A deed to relinquish any interest in real property that the grantor may have, without any warranty of title or interest.
Government Code 27280
Releases the interest of a claimant under a previously recorded mechanic’s lien.
Government Code 27280
Allows the recordation of a document to redact unlawful blatant discriminatory restrictive covenants from a previously recorded document.
Government Code 12956.2
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Allows the owner of an Affordable Housing development to record a document to redact language that restricts the number or size of residences that may be built on a property or that restricts the number of persons that may reside on a property to the extent necessary to allow the affordable housing development to proceed.
Government Code 12956.2 and Civil Code 714.6
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Revokes or cancels the powers given under a previously recorded power of attorney.
Civil Code 1216
A document used to appoint a new trustee under a previously recorded deed of trust.
Civil Code 2934a
The Substitution of Trustee and Full Reconveyance form consist of two documents, which are serially incorporated into one form or sheet. Please see Substitution of Trustee and Full Reconveyance above for descriptions