Certificate of Trust Form - New Castle County
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Certificate of Trust Guide - New Castle County
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Completed Example of the Certificate of Trust Document - New Castle County
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*The Following Delaware and New Castle County supplemental forms are included as a courtesy with your order.
Realty Transfer Tax Return and Affidavit of Value
The state-wide as well as the county-specific Affidavit of Value are required and due at the time of recordation. Use the New Castle Affidavit of Exemption (pp. 2-3 of Affidavit of Value) when claiming an exemption. Lender may need to sign. The Wilmington Affidavit is required when claiming an exemption from local tax in that city.
Real Estate Tax Return Declaration of Estimated Income Tax
This form is for a non-resident, pass-through entity or corporation, who transfers real property in Delaware. The form is complete and comes with instructions.
Transfer Tax
This information sheet indicates which forms are required by each of the 14 individual communities within New Castle County and how to handle payments.
Transfer Tax Exemptions
If documentary tax stamp is due, it must be paid at the time of recording. This excerpt from the statutes lists all of the transfer tax exemptions under 5401 (1).
Notary Certificates
The supplemental forms in this section can be used as loose certificates by notaries in the state.
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Under Del. Code tit. 12, 3591 a certification of trust presents essential information about an existing trust. Instead of providing the entire trust instrument to people who do not have a beneficial interest in the trust, the fiduciary using the certificate ensures that irrelevant or personal information remains undisclosed.
The basic information provided by the certificate includes the trust's name and date, the identity of the trustor funding the trust, and whether or not the trust is revocable, including who is able to revoke the trust. The certificate also clarifies the name by which the trust is to vest title to assets.
The certificate also validates the trustee's authority to act on behalf of the trust by naming the acting trustee, enumerating the powers of the trustee relevant to the transaction at hand, and identifying the signing authority of co-trustees, if applicable. The recipient of a certification may request copies of excerpts from the trust instrument naming the trustee and establishing the trustee's powers, but doing so opens up certain liabilities (Del. Code tit. 12, 3591 (e),(h)).
A certificate of trust also contains the trust's taxpayer ID. This number is either a trustor's social security number, or an employer identification number issued by the IRS, depending on the type of trust. If the certificate is submitted for recording, this information can be redacted pursuant to Del. Code tit. 9, 9627.
Pursuant to Del. Code tit. 12, 3591(c), the certificate requires a statement that the trust has not been revoked, modified or amended in any way that would negate the representations contained within. The document serves as prima facie evidence of the facts presented, and a person relying upon a certification of trust can enforce the subject transaction against the trust property as if the representations contained in the certification were correct (Del. Code tit. 12, 3591(g)).
As with other instruments affecting real estate, include the legal description of the subject property. The certificate is signed by any acting trustee in the presence of a notary public. The preferred format for recorded documents varies across the three Delaware counties, so make sure the certificate's borders and layout meet local requirements.
Note that this instrument is separate from a certificate of statutory trust (under Del. Code tit. 12, 3810). Each case is unique, so contact an attorney with any questions or for complex situations.
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