Sec. 3-12.09. Exemptions: Inter vivos gifts or death.
   The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any deed, instrument, or other writing which purports to grant, assign, transfer, convey, divide, allocate, or vest lands, tenements, or realty, or any interest therein, if by reason of such inter vivos gift or by reason of the death of any person, such lands, tenements, realty, or interests therein are transferred outright to, or in trust for the benefit of, any person or entity.
(California Revenue and Taxation Code § 11930) (§ 8, Ord. 1374-NS, eff. April 26, 2001)