Rhode Island § 34-13-7 § 34-13-7. General recording fees.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 34-13-7 — § 34-13-7. General recording fees.

Rhode Island § 34-13-7

Title 34Property

Ch. 34-13Recording of Instruments

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-7 (2026).

Text

§ 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:
         
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§ 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,
 
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 â€“ Federal tax
7.25

Lien â€“ 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).

Legislative History

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.