The Kern County specific forms that are included in your immediate download are listed below.
Grant Deed Form - Kern County
Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included | Document last updated 4/16/2014
Grant Deed Guide - Kern County
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included | Document last updated 4/16/2014
Completed Example of the Grant Deed Document - Kern County
Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included | Document last updated 4/16/2014
Preliminary Change of Ownership
Included supplemental form
This is a required form in Kern County, due at the time of recording. There is a $20.00 penalty fee for non compliance.
Parent to Child Exclusion
Included supplemental form
A real property transfer from Parent to Child is Transfer Tax Exempt in California. This Form is for a reassessment exclusion in Kern County. This could prevent an increase in property taxes.
Grandparent to Grandchild Exclusion
Included supplemental form
Transferring real property from Grandparent to Grandchild is Transfer Tax Exempt in California. This form is for a reassessment exclusion in Kern County. This could prevent an increase in property taxes.
Change in Ownership Statement Death of Real Property Owner
Included supplemental form
This form is used by the personal representative of the deceased property owner, who files this statement with the Kern County Assessor to request a Completed Change in Ownership Statement.
Transfer Tax
Included supplemental form
If your conveyance is exempt you will need the R&T Code of the exemption and a brief explanation. These pages show exemption codes that might meet your situation and how to word them properly.
Transfer Tax Rates
Included supplemental form
These pages have Kern County's Transfer Tax Rate and each of the 11 individual Community Transfer Tax Rates within the County. Transfer Tax will have to be computed if the consideration for the property is over $100.00 and an exemption does not apply.
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A grant deed is the most commonly used form for a conveyance of real property in California. This type of deed offers more protection to a buyer than a quitclaim deed, but less protection than a warranty deed.
The implied warranties in a grant deed are designed to protect the grantee (purchaser). The grant deed includes the implied warranty that the grantor has not conveyed the title or interest in the property to anyone else and that the property is free from any encumbrances done, made, or suffered by the grantor or any person claiming under him, except for any that may be specifically disclosed in the deed (CIV 1113). The main difference between a warranty deed and a grant deed is that in a warranty deed, the grantor will warrant and defend the title against the claims of all persons.
A grant deed in California requires the grantor’s signature, which must also be acknowledged with a California all-purpose acknowledgement. The officer taking acknowledgements must have a certificate of acknowledgement endorsed on the deed (CIV 1188). Grant deeds submitted for recording must be accompanied by a completed Preliminary Change of Ownership Report.
All instruments that are entitled to be entered into the public record may be recorded at the office of the county clerk in the county where the property is located. Recording a grant deed allows it to serve as constructive notice of the contents to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees (CIV 1213). A grant deed in California is void as against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee of the same real property, or part thereof, in good faith and for a valuable consideration, whose conveyance is first duly recorded, and as against any judgment affecting the title, unless the conveyance has been duly recorded prior to the record of notice of action (CIV 1214). An unrecorded grant deed is valid as between the parties to it and those who have notice of it (CIV 1217).
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Kern County Grant Deed Form Page 1
Kern County Grant Deed Form Page 2
Kern County Grant Deed Guide Page 1
Kern County Grant Deed Guide Page 2
Kern County Grant Deed Guide Page 3
Kern County Completed Example of the Grant Deed Document Page 1
Kern County Completed Example of the Grant Deed Document Page 2
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