eRecording in Sacramento County, CA

Sacramento County recording fees

County charges verified August 2026 against the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder fee schedule. Counties change fees without notice — we confirm the exact amount on your invoice before anything is submitted.

• • The $75 SB 2 fee is folded into the $95 first-page rate. It is exempt when the document is recorded in connection with a transfer subject to documentary transfer tax, in connection with a transfer of residential property to an owner-occupier, once the $225 cap is reached, or where the document is not related to real property.
• • The maximum recordable page size is 8½" x 14".
• • Documentary transfer tax is imposed separately on conveyances.

Our flat $58 service fee is billed on top of the county charges, itemized on one invoice. No subscription, no monthly minimum, no per-seat software fee — you pay only when you record, and you approve the invoice first.

Documents we record in Sacramento County

• Grant deeds and quitclaim deeds
• Deeds of trust and reconveyances
• Mechanic's liens and lien releases
• Homestead declarations
• Abstracts of judgment and releases
• Assignments of deed of trust
• Substitutions of trustee
• Affidavits of death and powers of attorney

Formatting rules that cause rejections here

1. 1

   Pages must be 8½" x 11" (letter). Legal-size or oversized pages add a non-conforming fee per page.

2. 2

   Leave the top 2½ inches of the first page clear — 5 inches from the left edge is reserved for the recorder's stamp.

3. 3

   Include the document title, return-to name and address, and the APN where applicable.

4. 4

   Notary acknowledgment must use current California statutory wording, including the required disclosure box.

5. 5

   A Preliminary Change of Ownership Report (PCOR) is required on transfers, or a $20 fee applies in lieu.

How to record a deed in Sacramento County, CA

Recording a deed with the Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder electronically takes six steps. You do not need an account, software, or a trip to the recorder's office.

1. 1

   Prepare and sign the deed

   Complete the deed with the full legal description, the grantor and grantee names, and the return-to address. Sign it in front of a notary — Sacramento County will reject an unsigned or improperly acknowledged document.

2. 2

   Check the county formatting rules

   Confirm margins, page size, and the document title meet Sacramento County Clerk/Recorder standards. Pages must be 8½" x 11" (letter). Legal-size or oversized pages add a non-conforming fee per page.

3. 3

   Scan the signed deed to PDF

   Scan at 200–300 dpi in black and white. Keep every page in one PDF, in order, with nothing cropped off the edges.

4. 4

   Submit the PDF to iRecord365

   Upload the file through the online submission form. We review it against Sacramento County requirements before it reaches the recorder, so formatting problems are caught first.

5. 5

   Approve the itemized invoice

   You receive one invoice showing the Sacramento County recording fees plus our flat service fee. Nothing is submitted until you approve it.

6. 6

   Receive the recorded deed

   Sacramento accepts same-day recording through 3:00 p.m. Documents submitted electronically before that cutoff typically record the same business day. The stamped, recorded deed with the official recording data is emailed back to you.

Sacramento County eRecording questions