Deed - 320-324 W Estudillo Ave - File 1359, 2001

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::::::::.:::,:,,,:,:,:,:,:::::::::.::.:.,,:::::.:::::,:::,.....,,, Pa e 1 Debbie Dettmer RE .Recordmg_Grant Deeds From: Liane Randolph <Irandolph@meyersnave.com> To: 'Tara Peterson ' <teterson@ci.san-leandro.ca.us> Date: 3/6/02 8:06PM Subject: RE: Recording Grant Deeds The Government Code provides that deeds for property to a local government may not be accepted for recording without the certificate of acceptance, so the County should not have recorded it, they should have rejected it then. As a result, they should make some effort to help you solve the problem. My recommendation is to have the title company see if they can get the original deed from the County, then re-record it with the certificate of acceptance. If the County doesn't have or can't provide the original, then have the title company record an original certificate of acceptance as a separate document with the copy of the recorded grant deed attached as an exhibit. Then the title record for the property will have both the grant deed and the certificate of acceptance. If the County balks at doing either one of those, tell them to call me or have their County Counsel call me. -----Original Message ----- From: Tara Peterson To: Imr c@meyersnave.com Cc: Debbie Dettmer; Tara Peterson Sent: 3/6/2002 3:45 PM Subject: Recording Grant Deeds Your expert opinion is needed with the following: 322-324 W. Estudillo Avenue was purchased by the City in December 2001. We understand that John Jermanis did everything associated with the acquisition. I was asked to get a preliminary title report to begin working on the renovation of the building. At that time, I learned that Fidelity National Title handled the transaction for the City. I contacted Fidelity, and was informed that while the deed had been recorded, there was a problem with it. Stan Kline of Fidelity told me that the deed had been recorded 12/31/01 without the Certificate of Acceptance that usually accompanies our grant deeds. He told me that we should re-record the deed. Here is the problem. No one has an original grant deed. I imagine it was submitted on 12/31/01 to Alameda County. Nor has anyone record of receiving a copy back from Alameda County. Fidelity was kind enough to send me a copy of the grant deed, with the recording stamp from Alameda County. Debbie Dettmer noticed that there was nothing on the deed about the tax exempt status. So, what do we do to: 1) Get this thing recorded properly, and 2) Make sure that we do not have to pay taxes?