Take the original signed and notarized Deed of Trust and Promissory Note to the County Recorder's Office for the county where the property is located. The county recorder's office is the place of record for publicly filing official documents, usually related to property.The Office of the Assessor-Recorder is responsible for recording documents and maintaining those public records. The County Recorder will take a document(s) that California law says must be recorded, as long as you pay the fees and taxes. The County Recorder will take a document(s) that California law says must be recorded, as long as you pay the fees and taxes. Any person may record in the office of the county recorder of any county fictitious mortgages and deeds of trust of real property. We cannot remove documents from the Official Record, they are maintained in perpetuity.