California · Document Recording
Recording a Deed or Document in Amador County, CA
Amador County (population 40,474) records real-property documents through the Amador County Recorder-Clerk. Below is what it costs and how to submit. Filing a memorandum of contract? We record it with the county for $199, notary included — no trip to the courthouse.
Amador County recorder — contact
- Recording office
- Amador County Recorder-Clerk
- Mailing address
- Amador County Recorder-Clerk, 810 Court Street, Jackson, CA 95642
- Phone
- 209-223-6468
- Checks payable to
- Amador County Recorder-Clerk
- Electronic recording
- Paper / mail
Amador County recording fees
- First page / base fee
- $12.00 first page
- Additional pages
- $3.00 per additional page
- Other fees
- Building Homes and Jobs Act (SB2) fee of $75 per transaction per parcel of real property (effective 1/1/2018)
Counties change fees without notice. Check with the Amador County Recorder-Clerk before you mail a check.
What Amador County requires
- Page formatting
- Standard 8.5x11 California recording formatting conventions expected (margins for recording stamp); not separately confirmed on official page
- Submission & return
- Mail return to submitter after recording
Can you e-record in Amador County?
Amador County records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably notarizes your document, mails it by certified mail, and tracks it to a recorded instrument number.
How to record a document in Amador County, California
- Prepare the document so it meets Amador County's formatting rules (above): legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank space the recorder reserves for its stamp.
- Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment. Most deeds and affidavits do.
- Submit by mail to Amador County Recorder-Clerk.
- Pay the recording fee, payable to Amador County Recorder-Clerk.
- Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.
Looking up a Amador County property
Owner names, parcel numbers and legal descriptions for Amador County property are searchable at Amador County Assessor. A deed or memorandum needs the exact legal description, so pull it from there or from the last recorded deed.
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