Real Property Index Standards > Document Type Abbreviations

Below are the most used instrument type abbreviations for commonly recorded documents. This is not a complete listing of instrument abbreviations.

DOCUMENT TYPE	ABBREVIATION
Affidavit	AFFDVT
Agreement	AGREE
Assignment	ASSGMT
Assumed Name	ASMD NAME
Cancellations	CAN
Covenants	COVNTS
Deed	DEED
Deed of Trust	D - T
Power of Attorney	P OF A
Quit Claim Deed	QCD
Release	RELEASE
Request for Notice	REQUEST NOTICE
Restrictions	RESTRNS
Satisfaction of Deed of Trust	SATISFN
Subordination Deed	SUBN
Substitute Trustee	S - TR
Timber Deed	DEED

•Amended documents will begin with AMEND.

•For corrected documents select document type SEE INSTRUMENT.

•Any document title that begins with Termination has an abbreviation that begins with TERMN.

•For a complete list of abbreviations, click here.