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My Legal Depot is an approved eSubmitter at several counties nationwide. At counties where no electronic submissions are available, we may offer legal messenger services. Benefits of choosing My Legal Depot as your legal document service: Filing Assurance: We assure you successful filing and do not charge any fees unless your documents are successfully filed. Unlike other companies who bill for attempts, we only bill for success.
Filing Assurance: We assure you successful filing and do not charge any fees unless your documents are successfully filed. Unlike other companies who bill for attempts, we only bill for success.
Free Document Review: Our talented team is familiar with the different recording and legal requirements and will review your documents for issues that may result in rejection*. This is not intended to be a full comprehensive title review. This review is to ensure that it meets local recording requirements.
Free Basic Corrections: If there is a problem with your documents, we offer free basic corrections. With your consent, most issues can be corrected by our team.
Saving Time and Money: Save time and money by utilizing My Legal Depot’s filing services. Let us manage your document filings so that you can focus on more important tasks. We are reliable, knowledgeable, and experienced.
We are not your average document service. Our team goes above and beyond to ensure your documents are accurately and timely filed. Give us a try and experience the difference.
*Only clients that are active members of the State Bar will receive legal support and recommendations. All other clients will be provided with only general information.
Simple and predictable service fees.
No monthly fees. No minimums. No risk.
Only pay when your documents are successfully filed.
$35.00 + Filing Fees
Price is per successfully recorded document. There are no fees for rejections. Only pay when your document is successfully recorded.
Service includes free document review and basic correction services.
Fees Vary
Price is per document. There are no fees for rejections. Only pay when your document is successfully recorded.
Please contact us at 800-820-2144 for details.
Yes. Per the agreement that we have with all the counties, we are the authorized eSubmitter and it is our duty to produce a scan from the original and submit to the appropriate government entity. The scan must be produced by our authorized personnel. Allowing someone else to scan is a violation of the agreement and increases chances for fraud.
If you encounter another eSubmitter that is offering you to upload/email the document to them, the odds are they are violating their MOU with the County Recorder and will most likely face termination. Only an eSubmitter with an active MOU with the County Recorder can produce the digital payload from the originals and submit.
Our team is familiar with the legal documents that are being presented for recording. Our team will review and notify you of any issues that would result in rejection. If you consent to the proposed corrections, we will implement them and submit for recording. If you prefer to submit as is, we will gladly submit as instructed. If a rejection occurs because we failed to discover an issue causing the rejection, there are no service fees charged. However, if you decided to submit as is, a service fee may apply depending on the reason for rejection.
The turnaround varies by county. On average it is between 1-3 days.
Depending on the county, the original PCOR, Parent to Child, Death of Property Owner, Documentary Transfer Tax Affidavit, or other assessor/ancillary document must be provided with the document that is being recorded. When submitting, we can tag the documents to ensure they are routed to the appropriate department.
Yes, we can record all documents that go to the county recorder. The only items we are unable to record are documents with oversized maps or very high page counts (300+ pages). Those documents need to be paper filed as there are size limitations.
If you have a RON instrument, there is no original. The e-notary typically produces a secure PDF file that contains the electronic seals and signatures. Please provide us the original PDF and our team will validate all the signatures. Upon passing inspection, we will submit for recording. Keep in mind that RON is new and not all counties will accept it. Furthermore, the ancillary docs may still need to be handsigned even if the primary document is a RON. Once again, the policies vary by county. Please contact us if you have a RON instrument and we will walk you through the procedure.
Since we are the esubmitter, all recording fees and transfer taxes must be paid electronically through our bank account. We will temporarily advance the fees and will bill your selected payment method upon successful recording.
We accept credit cards (Visa, Mastercard, Discover, or Amex) or US based checking account for e-check transactions. Your desired payment method must be stored in our secure payment system.
Yes, you may pay transfer taxes via credit card. However, a 3.5% service fee applies for transfer tax payments through credit card. This fee can be avoided if you use e-check, provide a paper check for the transfer tax, or wire the funds. If you have a large transfer tax amount, we may request advance deposit.
Effective January 1, 2018, a fee of $75.00 shall be paid at the time of recording of every real estate instrument, paper, or notice required or permitted by law to be recorded, except those expressly exempted from payment of recording fees, per each single transaction per parcel of real property.
Below are the exemptions from the SB2 fee:
Although this seems simple at first, it’s quite complicated. Each county interprets the term "per parcel", "per single transaction", "in connection with", and "transfer of real property" differently.
Our team is experienced with navigating the exemptions and can assist you with properly claiming the exclusions so that you pay the lowest possible fee.
