Rhode Island General Laws 45-7-6. Fees of clerk
The fees of town clerks, and of other officers who perform the same duties, are as follows:
(a) For receiving and filing a certificate of attachment of real estate ………………………………….. $ .35
(b) For receiving and filing an account under the lien law ………………………………….. .35
(c) For recording every certificate of marriage ………………………………….. .25
(d) For recording every birth or death ………………………………….. .15
(e) For every certificate of the qualification of a voter ………………………………….. .25
(f) For drawing bond and license for keeping tavern ………………………………….. 1.00
(g) For allowing a discharge of a mortgage on the record ………………………………….. .50
(h) For receiving an appeal bond and filing it ………………………………….. .25
(i) For every warrant or citation ………………………………….. .75
(j) For receiving and filing every certificate of death ………………………………….. .15
(k) For every summons for witnesses ………………………………….. .25
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 295, § 22; G.L. 1909, ch. 364, § 18; P.L. 1920, ch. 1886, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 417, § 18; G.L. 1938, ch. 633, § 19; G.L. 1956, § 45-7-6.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 45-7-6
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9