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  2. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

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    The recordation of property rights becomes particularly significant where an unscrupulous dealer in land purports to sell the same tract of land multiple times. With other kinds of property, the first buyer would be the owner of the property, and later owners would have no interest in the property and would instead have a cause of action ...

  3. Council Tax - Wikipedia

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    Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.

  4. Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 - Wikipedia

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    This exemption has applied since 1955. [7] Since the passing of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, places of worship have not had to pay business rates; registration under the terms of the 1855 Act, while apparently not essential to gain exemption, "is an additional piece of evidence that the property is actively used as a place of worship ...

  5. Recorder of deeds - Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Frederick Douglass in the D.C. Recorder of Deeds Building. Frederick Douglass was the first recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia.. Recorder of deeds or deeds registry is a government office tasked with maintaining public records and documents, especially records relating to real estate ownership that provide persons other than the owner of a property with real rights over ...

  6. Empty dwelling management order - Wikipedia

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    Empty dwelling management orders (EDMOs) are a legal device used in England and Wales, which enable local authorities to put an unoccupied property back into use as housing. EDMOs were created by the Housing Act 2004 , with the relevant legislation coming into effect in mid-2006; [ 1 ] in the three and a half years to the end of 2010, however ...

  7. Orange County avoids property tax increase, fights climate ...

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    The Community Climate Action grant program is funded with a quarter-cent property tax rate. The goal is to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26% by 2025 and transition the county to a 100% ...

  8. Homestead exemption - Wikipedia

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    Allowing a tax-exempt homeowner to vote on property tax increases to homeowners over the threshold, by bond or millage requests For the purposes of statutes, a homestead is the one primary residence of a person, and no other exemption can be claimed on any other property anywhere, even outside the boundaries of the jurisdiction in which the ...

  9. Deed - Wikipedia

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    A deed is a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially concerning the ownership of property or legal rights. Specifically, in common law, a deed is any legal instrument in writing which passes, affirms or confirms an interest, right, or property and that is signed, attested, delivered, and in some jurisdictions, sealed.