Documentary transfer taxes are taxes that counties, cities or both may charge on documents that grant, assign, transfer or convey real property when the consideration or value, excluding the value of any lein or encumbrance remaining at the time of sale, exceeds $100. Some cities have, by ordinance, imposed a documentary transfer tax in addition to the county documentary transfer tax.
The authorized transfer tax rate in Los Angeles County is $1.10 for each $1,000 of the consideration or value of the property transferred, exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining at the time of sale. The documentary transfer tax may vary from city to city. The following list will help you determine how much your documentary transfer taxes will be. Keep in mind that even if your city does not appear on the list you will still pay the $1.10 per $1,000 for the Los Angeles County documentary transfer tax.
Cities That Charge An Additional Documentary Transfer Tax
Culver City ………………………….. $4.50 per $1,000
Los Angeles ………………………… $4.50 per $1,000
Pomona ……………………………… $2.20 per $1,000
Redondo Beach …………………. $2.20 per $1,000
Santa Monica ………………………. $3.00 per $1,000
Many homebuyers are not sure if their property is in an incorporated city or if their property is part of a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles. To help with this, the information below offers a list of neighborhoods that are within the City of Los Angeles and subject to the City’s documentary transfer taxes.
Communities Within Los Angeles City Jurisdiction
| Arleta Arroyo Seco Atwater Village Baldwin Hills Bel-Air Beverlywood Boyle Heights Brentwood Canoga Park Century City Chatsworth Cheviot Hills Downtown Los Angeles Eagle Rock Echo Park El Sereno Elysian Valley Encino Glassell Park Granada Hills Hancock Park Highland Park Hollywood Holmby Hills Koreatown Leimert Park Lincoln Heights Los Feliz Marina del Rey Mar Vista Mission Hills Montecito Heights Mt. Washington North Hills North Hollywood Northridge |
Olive View Pacific Palisades Pacoima Palms Panorama City Pico-Union Playa del Rey Porter Ranch Rancho Park Reseda San Pedro Sawtelle Sepulveda Sherman Oaks Silver Lake Studio City Sunland Sunset Junction Sun Valley Sylmar Tarzana Toluca Lake Tujunga Universal City Van Nuys Venice Watts West Adams West Alameda Westchester West Hills Westwood Wilmington Winnetka Woodland Hills |
