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This chapter does not apply to the following transfers of residential real property:

     (1) A foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, or a sale by a lienholder who acquired the residential real property through foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure;

     (2) A gift or other transfer to a parent, spouse, or child of a transferor or child of any parent or spouse of a transferor;

     (3) A transfer between spouses in connection with a marital dissolution;

     (4) A transfer where a buyer had an ownership interest in the property within two years of the date of the transfer including, but not limited to, an ownership interest as a partner in a partnership, a limited partner in a limited partnership, a shareholder in a corporation, a leasehold interest, or transfers to and from a facilitator pursuant to a tax deferred exchange;

     (5) A transfer of an interest that is less than fee simple, except that the transfer of a vendee's interest under a real estate contract is subject to the requirements of this chapter; and

     (6) A transfer made by the personal representative of the estate of the decedent or by a trustee in bankruptcy.

[1994 c 200 § 2.]

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