Santa Clara County is a Proposition 90 County, meaning that one can transfer their current, lower property tax from another County to their replacement Owner-Occupied home provided that the home they are buying costs less than the one they just sold.
Other Counties that allow Proposition 90 proerty tax transfers are listed below:
Proposition 90 Participating Counties*
*Call to verify
| APPROVED | EFFECTIVE DATE |
| Alameda | November 9, 1988 |
| El Dorado | February 15, 2010 |
| Los Angeles | November 9, 1988 |
| Orange | November 9, 1988 |
| Riverside | September 19, 2013 |
| San Bernardino | October 7, 2014 |
| San Diego | November 9, 1988 |
| San Mateo | November 9, 1988 |
| Santa Clara | November 9, 1988 |
| Tuolumne | May 5, 2015 |
| Ventura | May 4, 1992 |
For more information, see Santa Clara County Tax Assessor's website.
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