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Notice of Fee Increase
Effective January 1, 2022
City of Berkeley real property conveyance transfer tax threshold. Learn more.
Effective January 1, 2021
Documentary transfer tax rate changes for the following cities: City of Albany and City of San Leandro Learn more.
Documentary Transfer Tax
Documentary Transfer Tax Act (R&T Code 11902-11934)
NOTICE MEASURE P - Effective December 12, 2008
Increases City of Alameda Conveyance Tax from $5.40 to $12.00 per $1,000 of value
| Alameda | $12.00 | per thousand on full value | Ordinance No. 2987 AMC |
| Albany | $15.00 | per thousand on full value | Ordinance No. 2020-09 |
| Berkeley | $15.00 | per thousand on full value ($1,600,000 and less) | Ordinance No. 6072-NS |
| $25.00 | per thousand on full value ($1,600,001 and above) | Ordinance No. 6072-NS | |
| Emeryville | $12.00 | per thousand on full value | Ordinance No. 14-011 |
| Hayward | $8.50 | per thousand on full value | Ordinance No. 92-26 |
| Oakland | $10.00 | per thousand on full value ($300,000 and less) | Ordinance No. 11628 CMS |
| $15.00 | per thousand on full value ($300,001 to $2,000,000) | Ordinance No. 11628 CMS | |
| $17.50 | per thousand on full value ($2,000,001 TO $5,000,000) | Ordinance No. 11628 CMS | |
| $25.00 | per thousand on full value ($5,000,001 and above) | Ordinance No. 11628 CMS | |
| Piedmont | $13.00 | per thousand on full value | Ordinance No. 546 NS |
| San Leandro | $11.00 | per thousand on full value | Ordinance No. 2020-08 |
Survey Monument Preservation Fund
Survey Monument Preservation Fund Fee (Gov. Code 27585)
"Fee Collected By Recorder: For the limited purpose of financing the survey monument preservation fund pursuant to Section 27584, the board may impose a user fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00), or an amount set pursuant to Section 54985, which shall be charged and collected by the county recorder, over and above any other fees required by law, as a condition precedent to the filing or recording of any grant deed, conveying real property. Grant deeds conveying lots created by recorded tract maps shall be exempt from the user fee, except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), the fees shall be forwarded monthly by the county recorder to the county treasurer for deposit to the county survey monument preservation fund. Following the establishment of the fund, the board of supervisors may extinguish the fund if a finding is made by the board that the need for the fund no longer exists."
Effective July 1, 1985, pursuant to revenue and Taxation Code, Section 480.3 and Board of Supervisors Ordinance 85-46, the Recorder will not record a document evidencing a change of ownership without the simultaneous filing of a Preliminary Change of Ownership report or the payment of a $20.00 recording fee in addition to current regular recording fee.
Effective July 1, 1991, the form must be signed by one of the new owners (transferees).
Please read and complete the attached form or return your document without the form and include an additional $20.00 payment.
Please note, as stated on the accompanying form, that the payment of the $20.00 fee will not exempt you from the requirement of filing an ownership statement sent to you by the Assessor.
Should you have any questions regarding the completion of this form, please contact the Assessor's Office at (510) 272-3800.
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