1031 exchanges, entity sales, holding escrows.
1031 like-kind exchanges, business and franchise sales, bulk-sale notices, and indemnity holdbacks. We hold the funds, run the publication, pull the lien searches, and disburse on the schedule counsel sets. Neutral by license, deliberate by design.
UCC Article 6 bulk sales, noticed properly.
Asset sales of going concerns. Restaurants, retail, salons, service businesses. We publish, record, and notice the bulk-sale per California UCC §§ 6101–6111, run the EDD, FTB, BOE, and SOS searches, and hold proceeds against the claim period before disbursement.
A neutral place to hold the money.
Indemnity holdbacks, earn-out reserves, post-closing adjustments, settlement-fund disbursements. A licensed neutral with audited trust accounts and a written disbursement instruction, not a venmo handshake.
ABC transfers, on ABC’s clock.
Type-21, Type-41, Type-47, Type-48 transfers, and the rare Type-20/21 county-quota purchase. We open the escrow the ABC requires, post the public notice, hold the funds, and disburse only after the temporary or permanent transfer is approved.
Things principals, attorneys, and CPAs ask first.
Can we skip the bulk-sale notice?
Not on a file we are running. The notice is the buyer's protection from successor liability; skipping it converts a clean acquisition into an unbounded one. We will run the notice, or we will not run the file.
Do you act as the qualified intermediary on a 1031?
No. The QI must be independent of the closing escrow. We coordinate with the QI you choose; we do not wear both hats.
How long does an ABC transfer take?
Person-to-person transfers typically run 45 to 75 days. Premises transfers and inter-county purchases run longer. We will tell you the realistic timeline at intake, not the ABC website's optimistic one.
Can you hold an indemnity escrow for an out-of-state M&A deal?
Yes, provided California or Nevada law governs the holding agreement. We will review the disbursement instruction, flag anything ambiguous, and ask counsel to fix it before we accept the funds.
Bring us the deal. We will run the file.
A file number, an officer name, and a verified opening confirmation back the same business day.