California Revenue and Taxation Code

§ 480.3

RTC § 480.3 Effective Jan 1, 2010Div. 1 · Part 2 · Ch. 3 · Art. 2.5

Statute text

(a)Each county assessor and recorder shall make available, without charge and upon request, a form entitled “Preliminary Change of Ownership Report,” which transferees of real property shall complete and may file with the recorder concurrent with the recordation of any document effecting a change in ownership. The form shall be signed by the transferee or an officer of the transferee certifying that the information provided on the form is, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, true, correct, and complete. The form shall not be signed by an agent acting for a transferee.

(b)If a document evidencing a change in ownership is presented to the recorder for recordation without the concurrent filing of a preliminary change in ownership report, the recorder may charge an additional recording fee of twenty dollars ($20).

(c)Noncompliance with this section by the transferee shall not delay or preclude the recordation of documents if the additional fee specified in subdivision (b) is tendered.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 67, Sec. 7. (SB 824) Effective January 1, 2010.