This

article does not apply to any of the following: (

a) Transfers which are required to be preceded by the furnishing to a prospective transferee of a copy of a public report pursuant to

Section 11018.1 of the Business and Professions Code. (

b) Transfers pursuant to court order, including, but not limited to, transfers ordered by a probate court in the administration of an estate, transfers pursuant to a writ of execution, transfers by a trustee in bankruptcy, transfers by eminent domain, or transfers resulting from a decree for specific performance. (

c) Transfers to a mortgagee by a mortgagor in default, transfers to a beneficiary of a deed of trust by a trustor in default, transfers by any foreclosure sale after default, transfers by any foreclosure sale after default in an obligation secured by a mortgage, transfers by a sale under a power of sale after a default in an obligation secured by a deed of trust or secured by any other instrument containing a power of sale, or any subsequent transfer by a mortgagor or beneficiary of a deed of trust who accepts a deed in lieu of foreclosure or purchases the property at a foreclosure sale. (

d) Transfers by a fiduciary in the course of the administration of a decedent’s estate, guardianship, conservatorship, or trust. (

e) Transfers from one coowner to one or more coowners. (

f) Transfers made to a spouse, or to a person or persons in the lineal line of consanguinity of one or more of the transferors. (

g) Transfers between spouses resulting from a decree of dissolution of a marriage, from a decree of legal separation, or from a property settlement agreement incidental to either of those decrees. (

h) Transfers by the Controller in the course of administering the Unclaimed Property Law,

Chapter 7 (commencing with

Section 1500) of Title of Part of the Code of Civil Procedure. (

i) Transfers under

Chapter 7 (commencing with

Section 3691) or

Chapter 8 (commencing with

Section 3771) of Part of Division of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (

j) Transfers for which the transferee has agreed in writing that the building or structure will be demolished within one year of the date of transfer.