Recording a Deed or Document in Mendocino, CA

Can you e-record in Mendocino?

Mendocino records documents submitted by mail or in person. Jurably handles this on the paper rail — we prepare, notarize, mail, and track your document to a recorded instrument number.

How to record a document in Mendocino, California

1. Prepare the document so it meets Mendocino formatting rules (legal description, grantee address, signature block, and the blank margin the recorder reserves for its stamp).
2. Notarize it if the instrument requires acknowledgment — most deeds and affidavits do.
3. Submit by mail to Mendocino County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder (Recorder Division) at 501 Low Gap Road, Room 1020, Ukiah, CA 95482.
4. Pay the recording fee ($13.00 (8.5x11in first page) plus SB2 $75 fee where applicable (effective Jan 1, 2018) first / $3.00 per additional page; $3.00/page surcharge for non-8.5x11 pages add'l (+Combined/multi-title documents: $13.00 per additional title indexed; $1.00 per additional reference indexed; SB2 Building Homes and Jobs Act fee $75 per transaction/title (exemptions apply, capped at $225))).
5. Receive the recorded instrument back with its book/page or instrument number as proof of record.

How Jurably helps in Mendocino

Jurably isn’t a deed-filing desk — it’s how real-estate investors get the important paperwork done. If you’re under contract on a Mendocino property, we file a memorandum of contract to secure your equitable interest so the seller can’t sell out from under you. Need it notarized first? We handle online notarization or send a mobile notary to your signer. Then we record it — by certified mail on the paper rail — and return the recorded instrument. It’s a self-help filing service, not legal advice.