New Recording Fees!!!
Recording fees will be increased effective January 1, 2010! Please click on the "New Recording Fees" link on the right side of this page for a list of document types that the new fees will apply to.
Grantor/Grantee Index
An index to official records in Tuolumne County is now available online! By clicking on the Grantor/Grantee Index button below, you will have access to information regarding over 600,000 documents that have been recorded since 1973.
In order to use the search engine, please enter "web" in the user name field, leave the password box empty, and click on enter.
Images of the documents may be purchased by calling the Recorder's office. Please see our Recorder's Fees page for pricing information.
Contact Information
Ken Caetano, Tuolumne County Assessor-Recorder-Archivist
- Assessor’s Office – 2 South Green Street, Sonora, CA 95370
Office Hours – Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 5PM
Phone: (209) 533-5535
Fax: (209) 533-5674
E-mail:assessor@tuolumnecounty.ca.gov
- Recorder’s Office – 2 South Green Street, Sonora, CA 95370
Office Hours – Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 5PM
Phone: (209) 533-5531
Fax: (209) 533-6543
E-mail:recorder@tuolumnecounty.ca.gov
- Carlo M. De Ferrari Archives – 490 Greenley Road, Sonora, CA 95370
Office Hours – Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 5PM
Phone: (209) 536-1163
E-mail:archives@tuolumnecounty.ca.gov
Recording Information
The County Recorder, upon payment of proper fees and taxes, will accept any document, which is authorized or required by California law to be recorded, if the document contains the required information and if it is photographically reproducible.
Documents may be presented for recording to the Recorder’s Office.
All applicable fees must be paid at the time of recording.
Each document presented for recording MUST include or comply with the following general requirements:
- The property must be located in Tuolumne County. (CC 1169)
- The document must be authorized or required by law to be recorded. (GC 29201)
- The document must be submitted with the proper fees and taxes. (GC 6103, 27201, 27261)
- The document must be in compliance with state and local laws.
- The document should name the person requesting the recording. (GC 27361.6)
- The document should state the name and address of whom the document should be returned. Fill in "Recording Requested By and Mail To". (GC 27361.6)
- The entire document, including the notary seal, must be legible enough to produce a readable photographic record. (GC 27201, 27361.6, 27361.7, GC 8207)
- Signatures must be original unless the document is a certified copy issued by the appropriate custodian of the public record. (GC 27201b)
- The document must be properly acknowledged, unless exempt. (California requires an all-purpose acknowledgment). (GC 27201, 27289, 27285, 27287, 27288, CC 1189)
- The Assessor's Parcel Number is required on all conveyances by local Ordinance (R&T Code 11911.1)
Documentary Transfer Tax is due on all taxable conveyances in excess of $100 at a rate of $.55 per $500 or fractional portion of real property value, excluding any liens or encumbrances already of record (R&T Code 11911). Transfer tax is collected at the time of recording. A Documentary Transfer Tax Declaration must be completed for all conveyances. If no Documentary Transfer Tax is due, so indicate by entering "0" on the tax line.
An additional $10 monument fee is paid when documentary transfer tax is paid.
If a "Preliminary Change of Ownership Report" is required, but not completed, signed and submitted at the time of recording, an additional $20.00 will be due.
You may also mail in your documents for recording with a check, cashiers check or money order made payable to the
Tuolumne County Recorder
2 South Green Street
Sonora, CA 95370
Your request is processed upon receipt. Please allow 7 to 10 working days to receive your original recorded document back in the mail.
The office of the Recorder is PROHIBITED from giving ANY legal advice or assisting in document preparation. We are also unable to provide notary services.
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