., job loss, medical issues, forced relocation, death in family) the bank will be less willing to work with you.

If your Trust prevented a death date reassessment I would think it very probable that it will be reassessed when the trust transfers ownership to ?????. 

This process was costing me time & money (I had to drive to the location & pay a toll to get there).

Couple more questions:- Is it 15% even if the deceased had lineal heirs at the time of her death?

I’ve known one particular HOA where the person that was over the HOA was death against short term rentals, but there was nothing in the HOA bylaws stating that they were disallowed.

Years later, after Helmsley's death the ground lease was acquired by a reclusive Japanese investor, in the name of his daughter.

I could be wrong, but that's my understanding...Jason, I'm sure you are correct, it only becomes necessary for others to comply with applicable regulations and law, by others, as with lenders, Realtors and closing agents, it's by involvement with other aspects of a transaction that the filing becomes necessary, to perfect a security interest, to evidence a sale for a commission earned or to close a transaction in compliance with ALTA.An example of not filing a deed is in connection with estate planning, where a deed might be held in escrow by an admistrator, by a will, where it could be filed after death.

The Medicaid people are certainly made aware of the death by the Nursing home.  

But far worse than that, the Realtor Association itself runs ads threatening sellers with death, rape and robbery if they don't list their house with a Realtor.It's all Realtor lies.

The value to the estate of the house is the value at date of death of the grandfather.