eRecording in San Diego County, CA

San Diego County recording fees

County charges verified August 2026 against the San Diego ARCC recorder fee schedule. Counties change fees without notice — we confirm the exact amount on your invoice before anything is submitted.

• • Deeds of trust, assignments, reconveyances, substitutions of trustee, notices of default, and notices of trustee sale carry the higher $17.00 first-page rate because of the real estate fraud prosecution fee.
• • The $75 SB 2 fee is capped at $225 per transaction and is exempt on transfers subject to documentary transfer tax and on owner-occupied residential transfers.
• • County documentary transfer tax is $0.55 per $500 of consideration; properties inside the City of San Diego may owe an additional city transfer tax.

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 San Diego County

• Grant deeds and quitclaim deeds
• Deeds of trust, reconveyances, and substitutions of trustee
• Notices of default and trustee sale
• Mechanic's liens and releases
• Abstracts of judgment and satisfactions
• Assignments of deed of trust
• Affidavits of death of joint tenant
• 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 San Diego County, CA

Recording a deed with the San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk 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 — San Diego 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 San Diego County Assessor/Recorder/County Clerk 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 San Diego 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 San Diego County recording fees plus our flat service fee. Nothing is submitted until you approve it.

6. 6

   Receive the recorded deed

   Electronic submissions accepted before the county's daily cutoff generally record the same business day, with stamped copies returned shortly after acceptance. The stamped, recorded deed with the official recording data is emailed back to you.

San Diego County eRecording questions