Chapter 396
2012 -- H 7472
Enacted 06/21/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
PROPERTY -- RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS
Introduced By: Representative E Coderre
Date Introduced: February 09, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 34-13-7 of the General Laws in Chapter
34-13 entitled "Recording
Of Instruments" is
hereby amended to read as follows:
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).
SECTION 2. Section 34-13-8 of the General Laws in Chapter
34-13 entitled "Recording
Of Instruments" is
hereby repealed.
34-13-8. Fees
for attachments, executions, and mechanics' lien accounts. --
The fees
allowed to recording officers for receiving and filing the
following described instruments shall be
as follows:
Writ of attachment or
execution affecting title to real estate $10.00
Account under
mechanics' lien law 10.00
Writ of attachment
or lien affecting title to mobile and manufactured homes 2.00
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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