Yolo County Warranty Deed Form

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Yolo County Warranty Deed Form

Yolo County Warranty Deed Form

Fill in the blank Warranty Deed form formatted to comply with all California recording and content requirements.

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Yolo County Warranty Deed Guide

Yolo County Warranty Deed Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Warranty Deed form.

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Yolo County Completed Example of the Warranty Deed Document

Yolo County Completed Example of the Warranty Deed Document

Example of a properly completed California Warranty Deed document for reference.

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Important: Your property must be located in Yolo County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Yolo County Clerk-Recorder

Address:
625 Court St, Rm B01 / PO Box 1130
Sacramento, California 95695 / 95776-1130

Hours: 8:00am to 4:00pm / Phone: until 5:00pm

Phone: 530-666-8130

Recording Tips for Yolo County:
  • Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
  • Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
  • Both spouses typically need to sign if property is jointly owned

Cities and Jurisdictions in Yolo County

Properties in any of these areas use Yolo County forms:

  • Brooks
  • Capay
  • Clarksburg
  • Davis
  • Dunnigan
  • Esparto
  • Guinda
  • Knights Landing
  • Madison
  • Rumsey
  • West Sacramento
  • Winters
  • Woodland
  • Yolo
  • Zamora

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Yolo County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Yolo County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Yolo County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Yolo County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Yolo County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Yolo County?

Recording fees in Yolo County vary. Contact the recorder's office at 530-666-8130 for current fees.

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This warranty deed conveys California real property from one individual grantor and carries full express title covenants. The form recites a single natural person as grantor, with one signature line and one California acknowledgment certificate, and it arrives ready for California recording rules from the first page down.

Express covenants in a grant deed state

California conveyancing runs on the grant deed, whose protection is two covenants implied by Civil Code Section 1113 from the single word grant: that the grantor has not already conveyed the same estate to someone else, and that the property is free of encumbrances the grantor placed or suffered. A warranty deed says more. This form states its covenants expressly: that the grantor is lawfully seized in fee simple, has good right to convey, that the property is free from encumbrances except the matters listed on the deed, that the grantee will have quiet enjoyment, and that the grantor will warrant and defend the title against the lawful claims of all persons. Those express promises reach the whole chain of title, not just the grantor's own acts. California supplies no statutory warranty deed form, and the Department of Real Estate's reference materials describe the instrument as uncommon in a state where title insurance does much of the assurance work; the covenants remain enforceable according to their terms, and the deed keeps the operative word grant, so the statutory implied covenants and the after-acquired title rule of Civil Code Section 1106 continue to operate alongside the express ones.

One grantor, one signature, one certificate

The form is configured for exactly one individual grantor signing personally. It carries a single grantor section, a single signature and printed name line, and one acknowledgment certificate in the form Civil Code Section 1189 requires for every acknowledgment taken in California, complete with the boxed notary notice at the top of the certificate. A sole owner conveying to a buyer, an unmarried owner deeding to family, and a married owner conveying separate property under Family Code Section 770 present the one-signature pattern this deed recites. The form is not set up as an entity, trustee, or attorney-in-fact conveyance, and it does not recite two grantors; community real property in California takes both spouses' signatures under Family Code Section 1102, a configuration this single-signature form does not carry.

A first page built for the recorder

California reserves the top 2.5 inches of a deed's first page for recording information and gives the left 3.5 inches of that space to the requester and return address blocks; this form places them there, with the title immediately below per Government Code Section 27324. The first page also carries the assessor's parcel number, the mail tax statements block that Government Code Section 27321.5 requires before a deed conveying fee title is accepted for recording, and the documentary transfer tax declaration of Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 11932 and 11933, with its computation basis and city or unincorporated location lines. The guide walks through the county recorder process, the transfer tax exemptions, the Preliminary Change of Ownership Report that accompanies a change in ownership, and the recording fees that vary by county, and it explains California's race-notice recording rule, under which the recorded deed gains constructive notice and priority protection.

What arrives and how it works

The completed example shows the deed filled in for a Los Angeles County sale, from the transfer tax declaration through the notary certificate, so every blank has a model entry. The guide covers each section, the ways California grantees may hold title, signing before the notary, and recording, in plain descriptive terms. This purchase includes the blank fillable warranty deed, the completed example, and the guide; the materials are informational and are not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Yolo County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Warranty Deed meets all recording requirements specific to Yolo County.

Our Promise

The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Yolo County recording format requirements. If there is a rejection caused by our formatting, we will correct the issue or refund your payment. This guarantee applies to document formatting only and does not extend to information entered by the user, the selection of the form, or the legal effect of the completed document.

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