From Trust To Individual

When you're ready to transfer trust real estate to the beneficiary who is named in the trust document to receive it, you'll need to prepare, sign, and record a deed. That's the document that transfers title to the property from you, the trustee, to the new owner.

A warranty deed protects property owners from future claims that someone else actually owns a portion (or all) of their property, while trustee deeds protect lenders when borrowers default on their mortgage loans.

A trustee deed offers no such warranties about the title.

A quitclaim deed can be used to transfer property from a trust, but a Special Warranty Deed seems to be a more common way to do this.

Party information: names and addresses of the trustor(s), trustee(s), beneficiary(ies), and guarantor(s) (if applicable) Property details: full address of the property and its legal description (which can be obtained from the County Recorder's Office)

California Property TaxesTransferring real property to yourself as trustee of your own revocable living trust -- or back to yourself -- does not trigger a reassessment for property tax purposes. (Cal. Rev. & Tax Code § 62(d).)

In the context of a California mortgage transaction, a trust deed also transfer ownership. Only this time, the title is being placed in the hands of a third-party trustee, who holds the property on behalf of the lender and the homeowner-borrower until the mortgage is paid.

Locate the deed that's in trust. Use the proper deed. Check with your title insurance company and lender. Prepare a new deed. Sign in the presence of a notary. Record the deed in the county clerk's office.