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Rhode Island General Laws Title 34. Property § 34-13-7. General recording fees

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(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).

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