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Other requirements are: That the grantor(s) be legally competent to execute a deed; That the deed convey title to real property; That it contain the legibly written names of all grantors and grantees; That it identify the property by its address and legal description; That it be signed by the grantor;

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DEEDS IN GENERAL It must be in writing; 2. The parties must be properly described; 3. The parties must be competent to convey and capable of receiving the grant of the property; 4. The property conveyed must be described so as to distinguish it from other parcels of real property.; 5.

In the State of California, real property is reassessed at market value if it is sold or transferred and property taxes can sometimes increase dramatically as a result.

Proposition 13 allows a transfer of primary resident between parent and child without reassessing the tax base of the home. To get the benefit, you filed the appropriate form with your county assessor's office after you prepared and filed the deed transferring the property from a parent to a child.

Under Prop 13, all real property has established base year values, a restricted rate of increase on assessments of no greater than 2% each year, and a limit on property taxes to 1% of the assessed value (plus additional voter-approved taxes).

1: A transfer of a parent's principal residence to a child is completely exempted from reassessment. The child succeeds to the parent's assessed value regardless of the value of the property or its assessed value at the time of transfer.

Joint tenants who add another joint tenant to the ownership of the property, does not trigger a reassessment because the original joint tenants remain on title. This is a creation of joint tenancy where the original transferors are still on title. The added joint tenant is the other than original transferor.

Proposition 13 allows a transfer of primary resident between parent and child without reassessing the tax base of the home. To get the benefit, you filed the appropriate form with your county assessor's office after you prepared and filed the deed transferring the property from a parent to a child.