§ 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.