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Yes. If the property is considered to have been sold there are several exemptions under the law. These exemptions relate to specific causes of real property transfers and are infrequently used.
Yes. Each document transferring an interest in real property must clearly state, on its face, if the property is located in the county's unincorporated area or within a city's limits.
Each document in which real property is sold must have a tax declaration on the first page of the document.
The tax rate is $.55 for each $500, or fractional part thereof, of the value of real property, less any loans assumed by the buyer.
Examples of things other than money that have value are: shares of stock in a corporation, interest in a partnership, real property or assuming the debt of another person.
A tax imposed on each recorded document in which real property is sold.
The tax is paid at the time of recording a document transferring real property.
Real property is considered to be sold when a transfer of an interest is for a valuable consideration, which may involve money or anything of value.
The most used example is a bona fide gift. This exclusion is commonly used when adding or removing a co-signor from real property. Gift must be given as the explanation of no tax due. Other examples include: placing real property in a trust for the benefit of the grantor (revocable trust), distribution of partnership property when the partnership is dissolving, and changing how title is held (from joint tenancy to tenants in common).
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Either the buyer or the seller upon mutual agreement.