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Article IV — Documentary Transfer Tax.

Sec. 12-34. - Interpretation of article.

Sonoma County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Sonoma County

In the administration of this article the recorder shall interpret its provisions consistently with those documentary stamp tax regulations adopted by the Internal Revenue Service of the United State Treasury Department which relate to the tax on conveyances and identified as section 47.4361-i, 47.4361-2 and 47,4362-1 of part 47 of title 26 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as the same existed on November 8, 1967; except, that for the purposes of this article, the determination of what constitutes "realty" shall be determined by the definition or scope of that term under state law.

(Ord. No. 1058 § 15.)

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