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The law also requires that any document which may establish any right to a property must be recorded in accordance with Article 34 of the above-cited law.

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For example, an obvious ambiguity is when two different heirs are listed in different parts of the document as the intended recipient of the same bequest, or when the document has provisions for a gift of a piece of property that was never owned by the decedent.

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Instead your property is administered privately, according to the terms of your trust document.

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"Before I'd put this property on the market, they would have to have a legal document" spelling out ownership and rights, says Sandy Yeatman, a real-estate agent in Kennett Square, Pa.

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Days used by the owner to repair and maintain the property don't count anywhere in the tally, but taxpayers should be sure to document them carefully, because the Internal Revenue Service is suspicious about these deductions.

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