California Estate Deed

California Grant Deed With Retained Enhanced Life Estate

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And, when recorded, mail this deed and tax statements to:

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Grant Deed

[Individual to Three Individuals]

FOR A VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged,

GRANTOR:

, an individual, does hereby GRANT to

GRANTEES:

individuals, as ,

The following described REAL ESTATE in County, in the State of California, to-wit:

See Legal Description Attached as Exhibit A incorporated by reference as though set forth in full

Legal Description:

TOGETHER with all the estate and rights of Grantor in such property, with the following Reservations and Exceptions to Conveyance and Warranty:

All easements, restrictions, and reservations of record and taxes for the current and subsequent years.

GRANTOR reserves unto himself, for and during his lifetime, the exclusive possession, use, enjoyment, and right of income of the property described herein.

GRANTOR further reserves unto himself, for and during his lifetime, the right to sell, lease, encumber by mortgage, pledge, lien, or otherwise manage and dispose, in whole or in part, or grant any interest therein, of the property described herein premises, by gift, sale, or otherwise so as to terminate the interests of the GRANTEES, as GRANTOR in his sole discretion shall decide, except to dispose of said property, if any, by devise upon his death.

GRANTOR further reserves the right to cancel this deed by further conveyance, even to GRANTOR, which may destroy any and all rights which the GRANTEES may possess under this deed.

GRANTEES shall hold a remainder interest in the property described herein and upon the death of the GRANTOR, if the property described herein has not been previously disposed of prior to GRANTOR’S death, all right and title to the property remaining shall fully vest in GRANTEES, who survive the GRANTOR, subject to such liens and encumbrances existing at that time.

IF one GRANTEE fails to survive the GRANTOR, the surviving GRANTEE(S) shall take the real property. IF none of the GRANTEES survive the GRANTOR, this conveyance shall fail and this instrument shall be null and void.

A notary public or other officer completing the certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. CA. Civil Code § 1189.

State of California

County of

On , 20 before me, (here insert name and title of the officer), personally appeared

who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature (Seal)

Community Property Agreement

It is hereby agreed by and between and , Husband and Wife, Grantees herein, that the above described community property shall, in the event of the death of one spouse, vest in and belong to the surviving spouse.

Exhibit A