Los Angeles County Grant Deed Recording Fee: Conditional Lines

Los Angeles County’s recording-fee schedule displays four grant-deed lines that can total $102 when each applies: $15 base recording, $75 SB2, $10 real-estate-fraud, and $2 restrictive-covenant-modification fees. The arithmetic is $15 + $75 + $10 + $2 = $102. It is a conditional worksheet, not a universal grant-deed price. Read the county fee schedule.

The $75 SB2 line depends on the transaction and applicable statutory exemptions or transfer-tax treatment. A deed that qualifies for an exemption may omit a line; a qualifying legal description can add the county’s $10 survey-monument preservation fee. Page count, indexing, additional parcels, and the exact instrument can create other applicable rows. The schedule must be read with the transaction facts instead of labeling $102 the common case.

Worksheet line	Amount	Decision needed
Base recording fee	$15	Confirm instrument and county schedule
SB2 fee	$75	Check statutory applicability or exemption
Real-estate-fraud fee	$10	Confirm the listed instrument conditions
Restrictive-covenant modification	$2	Confirm whether the line applies
Possible survey-monument fee	$10	Legal-description condition

Ask the title company, attorney, or recorder to identify the deed type, number of pages, parcels, transfer-tax relationship, and exemption code. Keep the county recording amount separate from deed preparation, notarization, title work, transfer taxes, and courier fees. A title estimate that combines those services should show the county lines individually so you can compare it with the recorder’s schedule.

The county’s deed requirements also matter before paying. A grant deed submission may require a notarized grantor signature, a Preliminary Change of Ownership Report, and a transfer-tax declaration or exemption statement. Read LA County deed requirements before treating a fee worksheet as a filing-ready package.

Use $102 only as the sum of the displayed conditional lines. The amount becomes a meaningful budget after the filing professional confirms which lines apply to this deed and whether the $10 survey-monument condition or other document-specific charges is present.