Yuba County Recorder Information

About Yuba County Recorder

The Clerk-Recorder is responsible for maintaining records for real property located in Yuba County.

Recording Fees

1st page (8.5" x 11" in size) - $16.00
Each additional page (8.5" x 11") - $3.00

Combined documents, each title - $16.00

ANY page not exactly (8.5" x 11" in size), ALL pages of document an additional - $3.00

Additional Indexing:
Each additional group of 10 names or portion thereof after initial group of 10 names - $1.00
Additional Reference - $1.00

Penalty Print: Each Page - $1.00
Survey Monument Fund Fee: $10.00
Preliminary Change of Ownership not filed at time of recording: $20.00

Documentary Transfer Tax: $0.55 per each $500.00

Documentary transfer tax is due on all taxable conveyances in excess of $100 at a rate of $.55 per $500 or factional portion of the real property value, excluding any liens or encumbrances already of record as required. It is collected at the time of recording on each deed or instrument.

A Documentary Transfer Tax Declaration must be completed and signed for all deeds. Documents that fall within the exempt category must cite the particular code section under which the Documentary Transfer Tax exemption is claimed and appropriate wording citing the use of the code.

See information sheet and affidavit under supplemental forms.

Copy Fees for Official Records - Per Document:
1st page-$2.00
Each additional page-$1.00
Certification fee-$3.00

County recording fees are subject to change without notice. For the most current fees and further information, contact the local recorder directly.

On January 1, 2018, California Senate Bill 2, a.k.a., the "Building Homes and Jobs Act," goes into effect and may increase recording fees for real estate instruments. The fee will address homelessness and housing shortages, and help to increase the rate of home ownership within the State by creating a Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund to which the additional fee will be remitted.

Upon taking effect, the recorder's office will impose a fee of $75.00 to be paid when recording every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded, per each single transaction per single parcel of real property, not to exceed $225.00.

Transfers subject to the documentary transfer tax as defined in Section 11911 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or on any real estate instrument, paper, or notice recorded in connection with a transfer of real property that is a residential dwelling to an owner-occupier are exempt from this fee.

If you have any questions about how the Building Homes and Jobs Act affects your recording fees, please speak with a clerk with the Recorder's Office or a licensed attorney within the state.

Document Formatting Requirements

- Property must be located in Yuba County.
- Document must be authorized or required by law to be recorded.
- It must be in compliance with state and local laws.

- Document must be submitted with the proper fees and taxes.
- Assessor's Parcel Number is required on deeds by local ordinance.

- Document must state who is requesting the recording, as well as the name and address to whom the document should be returned (fill in "Recording Requested By and Mail to").
- A deed must have the name and address to whom tax statements are to be mailed.

- Document must be legible enough to produce a readable photographic record.
- If a document is not signed legibly, the names of the signer(s) must be typed or printed on the side of or below the signature(s) (GC 27280.5).

- Signatures must be original, unless the document is a certified copy issued by the appropriate custodian of the public record.
- When signing on behalf of a corporation / partnership the corporate or partnership name must appear above the signature(s) and the capacity of the signer(s) below the signature(s).

- Document must be properly acknowledged, unless exempt.
- The notary seal must be legible for microfilm reproduction.

- The first page should have a return address space on the top left that is 2.5" down and 3.5" across. On the top right, allow a blank space 2.5" down and 5" across for the recorder's use.
- Use at least 1/2 inch margin on the two vertical sides except in the space reserved for recording information.
- All documents must comply with the standard 8.5" x 11" sheet and paper size to avoid penalty, and must not exceed 8.5" x 14".

- Any instrument, paper, or notice presented for recordation which in any way modifies, releases or cancels the provision of a previously recorded document shall state the recorder identification number or book and page of the document number being modified, released, or cancelled.

Effect of recording:
The recording act in California is a race-notice act. A later buyer who pays fair value, does not have notice that there were any earlier conflicting interests, and records first, wins and will have priority over any later recordings.

The County Recorder, upon payment of proper fees and taxes, will accept any documents which is authorized or required by California law to be be recorded, if the document contains the required information, and if it is photographically reproducible.