Recording requested by (name):
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When recorded mail to
and mail tax statements to _____________________________
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AFFIDAVIT – DEATH OF TRUSTEE
Assessor’s Parcel No. (APN): 
_____________________________	Declaration of Exemption From GC § 27388.1 Fee
 Transfer is exempt from fee per GC § 27388.1(a)(2):
     Transfer is subject to Documentary Transfer Tax    
     Transfer of residential dwelling to owner-occupier
 Transfer is exempt from fee per GC 27388.1(a)(1):
     $225.00 fee cap      Not related to real property	
_____________________________, of legal age, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:  

1.	On_______________ (Trust date), __________________________________________________________  (name(s) of settlor(s)), as  settlor(s), by a Trust Declaration created The _______________________________________________________________________________ Trust; 
2.	On _______________ (deed date), the trustor(s) executed a Grant Deed, recorded __________ (date), as Instrument No.____________________, in Book/Reel __________. Page/Image __________, of the Official Records of _____________________________ County, California, conveying to ________________________________________________________________________, as Trustee(s) of the said Trust, the real property described below;
3.	On _______________ (date of death), _____________________________________, one of the Trustees, the same person as the decedent mentioned in the certified copy of Certificate of Death, attached to this affidavit as Exhibit A, died;
4.	The Trust Declaration provides that ________________________________ thereupon became the Trustee of the Trust, and having accepted the office of Trustee, is now qualified and acting Trustee of the Trust;
5.	The property mentioned above, commonly known as _____________________________  (street address), is described as follows (legal description): _______________________________________________ 
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6.	There is no federal estate tax as the result of the death of the decedent mentioned in Paragraph 3, above. 
I declare under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date: ____________________	____________________________________________
	(Signature of declarant)

__________________________________, as trustee of The ___________________________________________________ Trust, under Declaration of Trust dated _______________