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Certified Property Deed Translation
eVerbary translates your property deed into English for $24.95 per page with no word cap, by a professional human translator, with a signed certification. Most orders are delivered within a few hours. Accepted by USCIS and by US universities, colleges and schools, or your money back.
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A deed and a registry extract are different documents
People ask for "the deed" and mean one of two things. The deed (escritura, escritura pública, acte de vente) records a transaction: who sold what to whom, before which notary, on what date. The registry extract (certificado del registro de la propiedad, Grundbuchauszug, matrícula inmobiliaria) shows the current state of the property — ownership today, plus mortgages, liens and encumbrances.
If an office asked for proof that you own something free and clear, the extract is usually what answers it. We translate either, and we will tell you which one you have sent.
Measurements are reproduced, not converted
Property documents describe a parcel through its area, its boundaries and its neighbours, often to the centimetre. Those figures are reproduced exactly, in the units the document uses: converting hectares or square metres into acres or square feet would change the document, and the difference between a translation and a conversion is precisely the sort of thing a registry or a court will not tolerate.
Marginal entries matter as much as the body. Later annotations recording a mortgage, a division, an inheritance or a correction are translated with everything else.
Where property documents get filed
Foreign property records come up as evidence of assets in immigration filings, in probate and estate matters, in court proceedings over inheritance or divorce, and in financing applications where a lender wants to see what a borrower owns abroad.
Property terms are not translated into US equivalents
Civil-law property concepts do not map onto US ones, and translating one into the other asserts a legal characterisation nobody has made. A Mexican fideicomiso is not a US trust. A usufructo is not a life estate. A folio real is not a recording reference. We give the original term with a literal rendering, and reproduce the registry references exactly so a reader can check the entry rather than a paraphrase of it.
Where title actually lives, by country
In several systems the deed is not the document that proves ownership — the register is, and an extract from it is what an office wants. Russian title sits in the EGRN and an extract evidences ownership rather than the contract. German title sits in the Grundbuch, whose extract shows ownership and encumbrances in three sections whose order is itself meaningful. A Brazilian property has its own file, the matrícula, at the land registry (cartório de registro de imóveis). A Colombian file is evidenced by the certificado de tradición y libertad, the property's history, which is a separate document from the escritura and frequently the one being asked for.
Chinese property is held as a land-use right for a term rather than as freehold, and the certificate states the term and its expiry — which a reader seeing the word "ownership" would miss entirely. Mexican coastal and border property is commonly held through a bank fideicomiso. In each case we name the instrument as it names itself.
How it works
Upload a photo or a scan of your document, pick the language pair and check out online. You never have to mail originals: a legible copy is all we need.
A professional human translator, never machine translation, translates the document word for word and mirrors the layout of the original. Every certified translation ships with a signed Certificate of Translation Accuracy that meets the requirements of USCIS, courts and universities.
Your translation is delivered digitally, usually within 24 hours for documents of one to three pages, and same-day delivery is available. If anything needs adjusting, we revise it.
Certified vs. standard translation
A certified translation is a word-for-word translation accompanied by a signed statement attesting to its accuracy and completeness. It is what official bodies require: USCIS, courts, universities and government agencies. Certified translations are $24.95 per page, where one sheet of your document is one page, with no word cap.
A standard translation is the same professional human translation without the certificate, for when you only need to understand the content or for internal or informal use. It is billed at the same $24.95 per page with no word cap.
Frequently asked questions
Do you convert square metres into square feet?
No. Figures are reproduced in the units the original uses. We can add a note giving the equivalent, but the document keeps its own numbers.
Are the marginal entries and registry stamps translated?
Yes. Annotations recording mortgages, divisions or inheritances often change what the document proves, so they are translated with the body.
Which do I need, the deed or the registry extract?
It depends on what the receiving office asked for. The deed records a past transaction; the extract shows today's ownership and any charges against the property.
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