(a) On or after January 1, 1996, in addition to any filing required to be made pursuant to Section 441, 480, 480.1, or 480.2, any domestic life insurance company that has established a separate account pursuant to Section 10506 of the Insurance Code, or any foreign life insurance company that has established a separate account pursuant to the corresponding insurance laws of its state of domicile, shall file with the assessor a signed statement of transfer as described in subdivision (b) with respect to any transfer of real property, located within the county, to or from that separate account.
(b) The statement of transfer required to be filed by subdivision (a) shall comply with all of the following conditions:
(1) The statement of transfer shall be subscribed under penalty of perjury.
(2) The statement of transfer shall identify all of the following:
(A) The separate account to which or from which the real property was transferred.
(B) The parties to the transfer.
(C) The date of transfer and the amount, if any, of consideration given with respect to the transfer, whether paid in the form of money or otherwise.
(D) The name and address of a contact person for any questions with respect to the separate account.
(E) Any other information with respect to the transfer as prescribed by the State Board of Equalization, after consultation with the California Assessor’s Association.
(3) The statement of transfer shall not be required to include any information that is not relevant to the assessment function.
(4) The statement of transfer shall be signed by either an officer of the filing life insurance company, or by an employee or agent of that insurance company who has been designated in writing by the company’s board of directors to sign the statement of transfer on the company’s behalf.
(5) The statement of transfer shall be filed with the assessor either in person or through the United States mail, properly addressed with the postage prepaid.
(c) Any life insurance company required by subdivision (a) to file a statement of transfer that fails to file that statement within 45 days from the date of the subject transfer of real property shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000), in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 933, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)