Record your Carson Valley or Tahoe deed — prepared, notarized, e-recorded.
Adding a spouse, removing an ex after a divorce, moving a Stateline rental into an LLC, or funding a trust with a Gardnerville home? TruPoint prepares the deed and the required Declaration of Value for $250, provides signing instructions for your local notary, and submits it electronically to the Douglas County Recorder the same day — in English or Vietnamese.
What it costs
- Deed preparation, Declaration of Value included — $250
- Deed for a sale — $325
- Deed into an LLC or corporation — $300
- Correction deed — $300
- Deed of trust secured by a promissory note — $400
- Same-day electronic recording of a document we prepare — $50
- Notarization — any notary near you
- Retrieve the last recorded transfer — $30
- Douglas County recording fee, at cost — $40
- Transfer tax — $1.95 per $500, unless an exemption applies
What happens after you send the form, in five steps.
No office visit, no paperwork to figure out. Here is the whole process, from the moment you send your details to the recorded deed landing in your inbox.
1. You send the details
Ten minutes on the intake form, or a phone call. The Minden, Gardnerville or Tahoe property, who is coming off or going on, and how you want it held.
2. You get a price in writing
We read it, ask anything missing, then send a written disclosure, a contract naming the total and one payment link. Nothing is drafted until you say yes.
3. We prepare everything
The deed, the Declaration of Value and the exemption claim, drafted from your recorded deed so it matches the county record.
4. You sign near home
Any notary near you, in Minden, Gardnerville, at the lake or wherever you live. Scan or photograph the signed pages back to us.
5. Recorded and returned
Submitted electronically the same day it reaches us, and the recorded copy comes back to you by email.
A bonded Nevada preparer, serving Douglas remotely.
Meet Quinnie Do
Quinnie founded TruPoint and leads a small team of document preparers working under the firm’s Nevada registration. Douglas County clients are served remotely — you sign before a notary near you, and intake, document review and electronic recording all happen without a drive into Minden.
Quinnie is a native English and Vietnamese speaker, an IRS-registered tax return preparer and an IRS Certifying Acceptance Agent. Signing takes place before a local notary for Carson Valley and Tahoe clients.
Transferring property in Douglas County — what it takes and what it costs.
To record a deed in Douglas County, Nevada, the signed and notarized deed and a completed Declaration of Value are submitted to the county recorder in Minden. As of 2026 the recording fee is $40 per standard document and the Real Property Transfer Tax is $1.95 per $500 of value, the statewide base rate with no local increment added. TruPoint, a registered Nevada Document Preparation Service in Las Vegas, prepares the deed and the Declaration of Value for $250, adds electronic recording for $50, and submits to the county the same day the document is signed.
Douglas County’s $40 fee is the lower end of the Nevada range. Clark charges $42, and Washoe, Carson City and Churchill each charge $43. Douglas holds its rate steady whatever the page count, so a long legal description on a ranch parcel costs the same to record as a one-page transfer at the lake.
Douglas is really two property markets recorded through one office. Carson Valley carries ranch acreage and family homes in Minden, Gardnerville, Genoa and the Ranchos. The eastern shore of Lake Tahoe — Stateline, Zephyr Cove, Kingsbury, Round Hill — carries second homes and permitted vacation rentals, many held by owners who live out of state and increasingly by entities rather than individuals.
Douglas County also applies a formatting and content standard to every recorded deed, and one that misses any part of it comes back unrecorded, often weeks later. Meeting that standard is part of what the $250 pays for.
Carson Valley ranches and the Tahoe shore.
Divorce just finalised
The decree says the Gardnerville house is yours. Until a deed is recorded, the county still shows both names. We prepare the deed that matches what the decree actually orders.
Adding a spouse to title
Newly married and want both names on the home. Often exempt from transfer tax when the exemption is claimed correctly on the Declaration of Value.
Passing ranch land to your children
Parent to child is one of Nevada’s recognised exemptions — and it matters on Carson Valley acreage where the assessed value is substantial.
A trust that owns nothing
Someone drafted the trust but nobody recorded the deed. The trust-funding deed is the step that makes the trust actually work.
Tahoe vacation rental owners
Holding a permitted Stateline or Zephyr Cove rental in your own name puts your personal assets in front of a guest claim. A deed into an LLC separates the two.
Out-of-state second-home owner
You own at the lake and live in California or further afield. Intake and recording handled remotely, and you sign before a notary near you — no trip over the pass.
What Douglas County charges, on top of our fee.
These are the county’s own charges, collected when your deed records. They are passed through at cost and are never part of our preparation fee. County charges are set by the county and can change; we confirm the exact amount at intake and pass it through at cost.
You can do it yourself. Here is what it costs when it goes wrong.
Nevada does not require an attorney or a document preparer to record a deed. What is worth knowing is what a mistake costs. A deed that is wrong for your situation still records, and one with a detail missing comes back unrecorded weeks later, usually once a buyer, a lender or a family member needs the title to be right.
We stand behind our work. If something in a document we prepared is wrong on our end, we correct it and resubmit it for recording at our cost.
If you would rather talk it through first, book a consultation or call (877) 221-8386. We answer questions about the process, the documents, the county requirements and the fees at no charge, whether or not you hire us.
One fee. The county’s charges shown separately.
Douglas sits at the statewide base.
Nevada’s Real Property Transfer Tax has a statewide base of $1.95 per $500 of value, and Douglas County adds nothing to it. On a $600,000 Carson Valley transfer that is $2,340. Clark reaches $2.55 per $500, and Washoe and Churchill each sit at $2.05. Several family and trust transfers fall into categories Nevada recognises as exempt, claimed on the Declaration of Value. An exempt transfer still records and still requires the Declaration. We calculate the tax, or confirm the exemption basis, before you pay anything.
Submitted the same day, recorded copy back fast.
Most deeds are drafted within one business day of your approved quote. We submit electronically the same day your signed copy reaches us, and recording is typically completed within the same day to three business days.
Every Nevada deed, recorded in Douglas County.
Grant, Bargain and Sale Deed
Nevada’s standard conveyance for a sale or straightforward transfer, with limited built-in covenants.
Quitclaim Deed
Add or remove a spouse, clear a cloud on title, or move property between family with no warranties.
Deed Upon Death
Name who inherits your Douglas County property while keeping full control, and keep it out of probate.
Gift Deed
Transfer property to family during your lifetime with no money changing hands.
Living Trust
From $695, with the funding deed that actually puts the property inside the trust.
All Nevada deeds
The full catalogue, with what each Nevada instrument does and when owners use it.
We record across all 17 Nevada jurisdictions.
Carson City
The capital, directly north. $43 recording fee and the same $1.95 per $500 base transfer tax.
Washoe County
Reno, Sparks and Incline Village, sharing the Tahoe shore. $43 recording fee and $2.05 per $500.
Out-of-state owners
Own Nevada property but live elsewhere? Intake and e-recording handled remotely; sign before a notary near you.
Property in California?
Deeds for California property are handled by our separate California office. TruPoint California
What Carson Valley and Tahoe owners actually ask, answered plainly.
TruPoint prepares the deed and the Declaration of Value for $250. A parent to child transfer is one of the exemptions Nevada recognises, so in most cases no transfer tax is owed. You still pay the county recording fee of $40. Same-day e-recording is $50, and you sign before any notary near you.
Yes, but the divorce decree alone does not do it. Until a new deed is recorded, the county index still shows both names, and a lender or buyer reads the index rather than the decree. A deed carrying out the decree is usually exempt from transfer tax. $250.
Usually yes. A quitclaim moves whatever interest you hold into both names, which is what most married couples want. Transfers between spouses are among the exemptions Nevada recognises. We explain how a quitclaim differs from a grant, bargain and sale deed so you can direct which one we prepare.
It depends on how title was held. If your parent recorded a deed upon death, the property passes to the named beneficiary once a death of grantor affidavit is recorded. If the property was held in joint tenancy, an affidavit of death of joint tenant clears the record. If neither applies, the estate may need to go through probate. Call and we will tell you which situation you are in.
If the house is in your name alone and there is no deed upon death and no trust holding it, it generally goes through probate before anyone inherits it. A Deed Upon Death is recorded while you are alive, costs $250 to prepare, leaves you in full control, and can be revoked at any time.
No. Nevada does not require an attorney to prepare or record a deed. TruPoint is a registered and bonded Nevada Document Preparation Service and prepares the document at your direction. What we cannot do is tell you which instrument to choose for your situation, because that is legal advice.
The cost is driven by the transfer tax rather than the paperwork. Transfers between spouses, from parent to child, and into your own trust are among the exemptions Nevada recognises, and an exemption claimed correctly on the Declaration of Value can save far more than the preparation fee. Our fee is $250 either way.
Sometimes. A change in the form a business holds property, where the ownership stays identical, is among the exemptions Nevada recognises. A genuine change of ownership is not, and the exemption does not apply where the entity was formed to avoid the tax. An entity deed is $300.
A correction deed fixes an error in a deed that is already recorded, such as a misspelled name, a wrong middle initial or a defective legal description. It is $300 and includes the Declaration of Value. Leaving the error in place can stall a sale or a refinance years later.
Most deeds are drafted within one business day of receiving your facts. Once signed and notarized we submit electronically to Douglas County the same day. The county then completes recording on its own schedule, typically the same day to about three business days.
Yes. Intake, document review and electronic recording are all handled remotely, and you sign before any notary near you. Second-home and out-of-state owners are a routine part of our Douglas County work and pay exactly the same $250.
Yes. We retrieve the last recorded transfer for $30 so the legal description and the current vesting on your new deed match the county record exactly. Working from an old or remembered description is one of the most common reasons a deed is rejected.
A trust does not hold your house until a deed transfers it into the trust. That funding deed is $250. If you do not have a trust yet, TruPoint prepares living trusts from $695 with the funding deed as a separate item.
A generic form often is not. Nevada deeds must carry the parcel number, the mailing address of the grantee and the address for the tax statement, and must record with a completed Declaration of Value. Most rejected deeds we see were downloaded templates missing one of those. We prepare the document to what the county requires.
A standard Douglas County deed is $250 to prepare with the Declaration of Value included ($325 for a deed in a sale), plus $40 to the county, plus $50 if you want same-day e-recording. You pay your local notary directly. Transfer tax of $1.95 per $500 of value applies unless an exemption is claimed. You get the full number in writing before you commit.
Yes. Quinnie is a native English and Vietnamese speaker and handles the entire matter in either language.
Get your Douglas County deed recorded.
$250 with the Declaration of Value included, submitted the same day it is signed. Tell us what you are trying to do and we will tell you the full cost before you commit.
Deed transfer service Douglas County NV covers every instrument an owner here needs: Douglas County quitclaim deed preparation, grant, bargain and sale deeds, deeds upon death — Nevada’s transfer on death deed — affidavits of death of joint tenant, death of grantor affidavits, and deeds into an LLC or corporation. Property deed preparation Minden NV, Gardnerville NV, Stateline NV and Zephyr Cove NV, prepared remotely and e-recorded the same day.