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Power of Attorney — Prepared and Recorded
A power of attorney that touches real estate has to be notarized and recorded with the County Recorder where the property sits before your agent can sign for you.

This takes about 12 minutes. Nothing is charged until we confirm your fee in writing. Have your most recent recorded deed handy if you can — it has the vesting and legal description we need.

TruPoint Legal LLC is a Registered Legal Document Assistant (LDA #268, Santa Clara County). We prepare and record documents at your direction. We are not attorneys and cannot give legal advice or tell you which document is right for you.

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Found on your property tax bill or on the face of your recorded deed.

If escrow, your lender, or a departure date sets a hard deadline, give us that date. Most documents are prepared within 24 hours and submitted to the county the same business day.

Lenders and title companies often require their own form and will reject any other version. If they gave you one, we prepare and record theirs instead of drafting from scratch.

Include the middle name or initial if the deed has one. Exact wording matters — the county compares it against the record.

For example a maiden name, a former married name, or a name with or without a middle initial. If the deed and the identification do not match, the county or title company may raise a question.

This decides how the signature gets notarized. A recordable power of attorney needs a proper notarial acknowledgment, and the rules differ depending on where the principal signs.

Preparation for an individual principal is $325. Entity or business preparation is $400.

For example, "Golden State Holdings LLC — John Smith, Managing Member." Skip if the principal is an individual.

We prepare documents in English and can explain them in Vietnamese or Spanish. A notary cannot notarize for a signer who cannot understand what they are signing.


You entered the agent's name and contact information above. These questions cover how the authority is shared.
For example: spouse, adult child, sibling, business partner, friend.

Requiring all agents to sign together is safer, but it can stall a closing if one agent is unavailable.

If the property is in a trust, the trustee usually signs rather than an agent under a power of attorney, and a different document may be needed.

A power of attorney has to be recorded against each property it covers, in the county where that property sits. One recording does not carry over to your other properties, so each one is recorded separately and each carries its own county recording fee.

List every property the agent needs authority over. Each one is recorded in its own county, so a property left off this list is one your agent will not be able to act on.


Select only what your agent actually needs. Anything not listed in the document may be refused by escrow, the lender, or the County Recorder.


Skip this section unless you are ending a power of attorney that was recorded.

Found on the stamp in the top right corner of the recorded copy. If you do not have it, we can search for it; a title search is $30.

Recording the revocation puts it on the public record. Giving the agent and any bank, escrow, or title company actual notice is a separate step, and an important one.



We will review what you sent, send a contract and a secure payment link. Preparation begins after payment, and most documents are ready within 24 hours.