2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 34 - Property
Chapter 34-13 - Recording Of Instruments
Chapter 34-13-7 - General recording fees.

§ 34-13-7 General recording fees. – (a) The fees to the recording officers for recording the following described instruments relating to real estate shall be as follows:

Warranty deed $80.00

Quitclaim deed 80.00

Deed of executor, administrator,

trustee, conservator, receiver,

or commissioner 80.00

Mortgage 60.00

Partial release of mortgage 45.00

Assignment of mortgage 45.00

Foreclosure deed under power of sale

with affidavit 80.00

Lease 60.00

General assignment 45.00

Discharge of mortgage 45.00

Discharge of attachment or execution 45.00

Any other instrument not otherwise

expressly provided for by statute 45.00

Lien – Federal tax 7.25

Lien – Federal tax, discharge of 7.25

Maps, plats, surveys, drawings (not

attached to or a part of another

recordable instrument) 45.00

Bill of sale 45.00

Power of attorney 45.00

Lis pendens 80.00

Writ of attachment or execution affecting title to real estate 10.00

Writ of attachment or lien affecting title to mobile

and manufactured homes 2.00

Notice of intention under the mechanics' lien law 8.00

Account under mechanics' lien law 10.00

(b) The recording officers shall be allowed to charge a rate of one dollar ($1.00) for each additional page or fraction over.

(c) Ten percent (10%) of the recording fees provided for in this section shall be utilized by each city or town for the purposes of document preservation and technological upgrades.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the recording fee for lis pendens and/or bail property liens recorded by bailbondsmen and the recording fee to discharge lis pendens and/or bail property liens recorded by bailbondsmen shall be ten dollars ($10.00).

History of Section.
(P.L. 1927, ch. 1056, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 436, § 17; P.L. 1955, ch. 3568, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 34-13-7; P.L. 1960, ch. 147, § 3; P.L. 1970, ch. 205, § 1; P.L. 1972, ch. 63, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 86, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 325, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 33, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 209, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 7, § 10; P.L. 2004, ch. 448, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 137, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 143, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 90, § 1; P.L. 2010, ch. 112, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 374, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 396, § 1.)