2012 -- S 2508

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS

     Introduced By: Senators Crowley, Nesselbush, DeVall, McCaffrey, and Miller

     Date Introduced: February 16, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 34-13-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-13 entitled "Recording

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Of Instruments" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     34-13-7. General recording fees. -- (a) The fees to the recording officers for recording

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the following described instruments relating to real estate shall be as follows:

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      Warranty deed
$80.00

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     Quitclaim deed
80.00

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     Deed of executor, administrator, trustee, conservator, receiver, or

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      commissioner
80.00

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     Mortgage
60.00

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     Partial release of mortgage
45.00

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     Assignment of mortgage
45.00

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     Foreclosure deed under power of sale with affidavit
80.00

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     Lease
60.00

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     General assignment
45.00

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     Discharge of mortgage
45.00

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     Discharge of attachment or execution
45.00

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     Any other instrument not otherwise expressly provided for by statute
45.00

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     Lien - Federal tax
7.25

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     Lien - Federal tax, discharge of
7.25

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     Maps, plats, surveys, drawings (not attached to or a part of another

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     recordable instrument)
45.00

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     Bill of sale
45.00

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     Power of attorney
45.00

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     Lis pendens
80.00

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     Writ of attachment or execution affecting title to real estate 10.00

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     Writ of attachment or lien affecting title to mobile and manufactured homes 2.00

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     Notice of intention under the mechanics’ lien law 8.00

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     Account under mechanics’ lien law 10.00

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     (b) The recording officers shall be allowed to charge a rate of one dollar ($1.00) for each

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additional page or fraction over. (c) Ten percent (10%) of the recording fees provided for in this

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section shall be utilized by each city or town for the purposes of document preservation and

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technological upgrades. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the recording fee for lis pendens

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and/or bail property liens recorded by bailbondsmen and the recording fee to discharge lis

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pendens and/or bail property liens recorded by bailbondsmen shall be ten dollars ($10.00).

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     SECTION 2. Section 34-13-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 34-13 entitled "Recording

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Of Instruments" is hereby repealed.

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     34-13-8. Fees for attachments, executions, and mechanics' lien accounts. -- The fees

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allowed to recording officers for receiving and filing the following described instruments shall be

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as follows:

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     Writ of attachment or execution affecting title to real estate
$10.00

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      Account under mechanics' lien law
10.00

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      Writ of attachment or lien affecting title to mobile and manufactured homes
2.00

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     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO PROPERTY -- RECORDING OF INSTRUMENTS

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     This act would move the fees for attachments, executions and mechanics’ lien accounts

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into the general law section regarding general recording fees, and would also provide that the

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recording fee for notices of intention under the mechanics’ lien law be eight dollars ($8.00).

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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