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Warranty Deed Form - Sonoma County
Fill in the blank form formatted to comply with all recording and content requirements.
Included document last updated 3/8/2021
Warranty Deed Guide - Sonoma County
Line by line guide explaining every blank on the form.
Included document last updated 3/11/2021
Completed Example of the Special Warranty Deed Document - Sonoma County
Example of a properly completed form for reference.
Included document last updated 3/16/2021
*The Following California and Sonoma County supplemental forms are included as a courtesy with your order.
Preliminary Change of Ownership
This is a required form, due at the time of recording. There is a $20.00 penalty fee for non-compliance.
Parent to Child Exclusion
California statutes require transferor(s)/seller(s) to sign a claim for a reassessment exclusion for transfers between parent(s) and child(ren). Signatures from both the transferor(s) and transferee(s) are required to complete the claim.
Grandparent to Grandchild Exclusion
California statutes require transferor(s)/seller(s) to sign a claim for a reassessment exclusion for transfers between grandparent(s) and grandchild(ren). Signatures from both the transferor(s) and transferee(s) are required to complete the claim.
Change in Ownership Statement Death of Real Property Owner
This form is used by the personal representative of the deceased property owner, who files this statement with the Sonoma County Assessor to request a Completed Change in Ownership Statement.
Affidavit of Cotenant Residency
If one of two equal co-owners, referred to as co-tenant, dies, the real property transfers to the other co-tenant. Provided the criteria listed on the form are met, the surviving co-tenant may file the affidavit in order to claim exclusion from reassessment and prevent an increase in property taxes.
Transfer Tax
If the conveyance is exempt, give the R&T Code of the applicable exemption and a brief explanation. Both are provided on this list.
Building Homes and Job Act
The state of California has recently enacted the Building Homes and Jobs Act, effective January 1, 2018.
Notary Certificates
The supplemental forms in this section can be used as loose certificates by California notaries.
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A transfer of real property in California is an act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to real property is conveyed from one living person to another (CIV 1039). Transfers of real estate are conducted through the use of standard real estate deeds, such as warranty deeds, which are used often in this state for a conveyance of real property.
The use of the word "grant" in a conveyance by which any estate in fee simple or inheritance is to be passed implies the following covenants, and none other, on the part of the grantor for himself and his heirs to the grantee, his heirs, and assigns, unless they are restrained by specific terms in the deed: (1) That previous to the time of execution of the conveyance, the grantor has not conveyed the same estate, or any right, title, or interest therein to any person other than the grantee and (2) that the estate is, at the time of execution of the conveyance, free from any encumbrances done, made, or suffered by the grantor or by any person claiming under him (CIV 1113). Although the California Statutes do not address it, the grantor in a warranty deed will warrant and defend the title against the claims of all persons.
The grantor to a warranty deed must sign and have his or her signature acknowledged in order for the instrument to be recorded. A California all-purpose acknowledgement is required to be on a document. The officer taking the acknowledgement of an instrument should have a certificate endorsed to the deed (CIV 1188). All warranty deeds in California must be accompanied by a completed Preliminary Change of Ownership Report when submitted for recording.
Instruments that are entitled to be recorded may be recorded in the office of the county clerk in the county where the property is located (CIV 1169). Once a warranty deed has been recorded, it serves as constructive notice of the contents to subsequent purchasers and mortgagees (CIV 1213). Every conveyance of real property 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 shall have been duly recorded prior to the record of notice of action (CIV 1214). If unrecorded, a warranty deed is valid as between the parties to it and those who have notice of it (CIV 1217).
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