(a) Initial financing statement or other record: general rule.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in subsection (b), is:

(1)  Sixteen dollars ($16.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages;

(2)  Thirty-two dollars ($32.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than two pages; and

(3)  Eight dollars ($8.00) if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 6A-9-525

  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.

(b) Initial financing statement: public-finance and manufactured-housing transactions.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kind is:

(1)  Sixteen dollars ($16.00) if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction;

(2)  Sixteen dollars ($16.00) if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction.

(c) Number of names.  The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsections (a) and (b).

(d) Response to information request.  The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:

(1)  Five dollars ($5.00) if the request is communicated in writing; and

(2)  Five dollars ($5.00) if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.

(e) Record of mortgage.  This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 6A-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

History of Section.
P.L. 2000, ch. 182, § 6; P.L. 2000, ch. 420, § 6.