Laws, Regulations & Annotations

Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2017

Property Tax Annotations

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C

220.0000 CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP

Annotation 220.0761

220.0761 Trusts. The general rule is that there is only one change in ownership for property transferred in trust. This occurs either upon transfer into trust or upon distribution to the beneficiaries. Following this rule, the owners of the property are construed to be the trustor, when there is no change in ownership, or the equitable beneficiaries, when there is a change in ownership. The trustee is never viewed as the owner of the trust property. This is so even if the trustee has legal title and the power to sell. C 7/14/1980.

Note: Civil Code section 869a is now Probate Code 18104.