Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2013
 

C

220.0000 CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP

Annotation 220.0111

220.0111 Corporate Stock Transfers. Generally, transfers of corporate stock do not trigger a change in ownership of a corporation's property. There are two exceptions, i.e., (1) if a single owner obtains direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50 percent of the corporate voting stock; e.g., if Mr. Jones purchases 40 percent of corporation X stock and is already majority owner of Y corporation which, in turn, owns 20 percent of X corporation stock; or (2) if owners transfer property to a corporation but the transfer is excluded from "change in ownership" as a change in the method of holding title, then the owners become "original co-owners" under Revenue and Taxation Code section 64(d), and subsequent transfers by any of them in one or more transfers that result in a transfer of more than 50 percent of the total interests in the corporation constitute a change in ownership. C 8/11/1986; C 1/22/1999.