Recording requested by:

[Your Name]
And when recorded, mail this deed and tax statements to:

Gifts and transfers between spouses dividing marital property are exempt from the documentary transfer tax. If your transfer is exempt from the tax, attach a short signed statement that explicitly states why the transfer is exempt. See the second page of these instructions for sample language. If your transfer is subject to the tax, fill in the amount of the tax on the deed. Contact the Recorders office for the current tax rate.

[Your Mailing Address]

APN is the Assessors Parcel Number. This should be on APN: ___[APN]______________ your Deed, or you can get it from the Assessors Office.

GRANT DEED

DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX $___________ EXEMPTION (R&T CODE) ___________________ EXPLANATION ____________________________ _________________________________________ Signature of Declarant or Agent determining tax

For a valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, [Name(s) of all current owners of the property. If there is one unmarried owner, add an unmarried person after the name. If there is more than one current owner, designate how the title is held, such as : This language can be found Maria Jones and Raymond Alberts, joint tenants.] on your current deed. hereby grant(s) to [Name(s) of new owners. Include how the title is to be held, such as Joint Tenants, Tenants in Common, Community Property with Rights of Survivorship, etc.] the following real property in the City of __[CITY]______________, County of ______[COUNTY]________, California: [Legal description of the property, such as: Lot 817 of Tract 14079, as per map recorded in Book 891, Pages 17-21 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of Sacramento County.] This language can be found on your current deed. Date: ________________________ Date: ________________________ _____________________________________________ (Signature of declarant) _____________________________________________ (Signature of declarant)

State of California County of _________________ On _______________, 20____, before me, ___________________________________, personally appeared ___________________________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. _____________________________________ Signature of Notary

Declaration of Exemption from Documentary Transfer Tax: Gift of Real Property Grantor has not received and will not receive consideration from grantee for the transfer made by the attached deed. Therefore, under Revenue and Taxation Code Section 11911, the transfer is not subject to the Documentary Transfer Tax. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Declaration of Exemption from Documentary Transfer Tax: Division of Marital Real Property The transfer made by the attached deed is made for the purpose of dividing community, quasi-community or quasi-marital real property between spouses, as required by: a) A judgment decreeing the dissolution of marriage or legal separation, by judgment of nullity, or by any other judgment or order rendered pursuant to Part 5 of Division 4 of the Civil Code. OR b) A written agreement between the spouses executed in contemplation of such a judgment or order. Therefore, under Revenue and Taxation Code Section 11927, the deed is not subject to the Documentary Transfer Tax. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of California that the foregoing is true and correct.