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Generally, no.

 

Personal legal fees used to be deductible if they were connected with preparing taxes, or making or protecting taxable income.  That was a miscellaneous itemized deduction subject to the 2% rule, and that type of deduction was eliminated for 2018-2025 by the 2017 tax reform law.  You can still enter this type of deduction in turbotax, because some states still allow this itemized deduction on their state returns.  The actual benefit may be very small or zero, because of the limitations on 2% itemized deductions.

 

However, since the proceeds from the sale are probably not taxable income to you, these legal fees would not have been deductible even under the old rules.  If you are required to pay income tax on the proceeds, then you can list the legal fees as a miscellaneous itemized deduction, and you might get a benefit on your state income tax return, depending on what state you live in and your other income and deductions.