Washington County Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Form

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Washington County Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Form

Washington County Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Form

Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) form formatted to comply with all Rhode Island recording and content requirements.

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Washington County Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Guide

Washington County Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Guide

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Washington County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Document

Washington County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) Document

Example of a properly completed Rhode Island Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/27/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Washington County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Charlestown Town Clerk

Address:
4540 South County Trail
Charlestown, Rhode Island 02813

Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 / Recording until 3:45

Phone: (401) 364-1200

Exeter Town Clerk

Address:
675 Ten Rod Rd
Exeter, Rhode Island 02822

Hours: 9:00 to 4:00 M-F

Phone: (401) 294-3891

Hopkinton Town Clerk

Address:
1 Town House Rd
Hopkinton, Rhode Island 02833

Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F

Phone: (401) 377-7777

Narragansett Town Clerk

Address:
25 Fifth Ave
Narragansett , Rhode Island 02882

Hours: 8:30am and 4:30pm M-F

Phone: (401) 782-0623

New Shoreham Town Clerk

Address:
16 Old Town Rd / PO Box 220
New Shoreham, Rhode Island 02807

Hours: 9:00 to 3:00 M-F

Phone: (401) 466-3200

North Kingstown Town Clerk

Address:
80 Boston Neck Rd
North Kingstown, Rhode Island 02852

Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F / Recording until 3:30

Phone: (401) 268-1554

Richmond Town Clerk

Address:
5 Richmond Townhouse Rd
Wyoming, Rhode Island 02898

Hours: Mon-Fri 9am to 4pm

Phone: (401) 539-9000 Ext. 9

South Kingstown Town Clerk

Address:
180 High St
Wakefield, Rhode Island 02879

Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F

Phone: (401) 789-9331 Ext 1236

Westerly Town Clerk

Address:
45 Broad St
Westerly, Rhode Island 02891

Hours: 8:30 to 4:15 M-F

Phone: (401) 348-2500

Recording Tips for Washington County:
  • Check that your notary's commission hasn't expired
  • Recorded documents become public record - avoid including SSNs
  • Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
  • Recording early in the week helps ensure same-week processing

Cities and Jurisdictions in Washington County

Properties in any of these areas use Washington County forms:

  • Ashaway
  • Block Island
  • Bradford
  • Carolina
  • Charlestown
  • Exeter
  • Hope Valley
  • Hopkinton
  • Kenyon
  • Kingston
  • Narragansett
  • North Kingstown
  • Peace Dale
  • Rockville
  • Saunderstown
  • Shannock
  • Slocum
  • Wakefield
  • West Kingston
  • Westerly
  • Wood River Junction
  • Wyoming

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Washington County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Washington County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Washington County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Washington County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Washington County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Washington County?

Recording fees in Washington County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (401) 364-1200 for current fees.

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Rhode Island lets a married owner deed property straight across to the other spouse, and this quitclaim deed is configured for exactly that transfer: one spouse named as grantor, the other spouse named as grantee, a printed statement of the parties' marriage, and a single signature line, because only the conveying spouse executes the deed.

The statute that lets spouses deal directly

General Laws Section 34-11-3 is the authority. It provides that land may be conveyed by a husband to his wife and by a wife to her husband, alone or jointly with another person, and by a spouse to that spouse and the other spouse as tenants by the entirety, and it lets spouses convey to themselves as co-tenants under any tenancy allowable between them by law. A deed running from one spouse to the other therefore stands on the face of the statute, with no straw party and no intermediate conveyance. Its wording is gender specific, from a 1990 amendment, while Section 15-1-1 opens marriage regardless of gender.

Quitclaim covenants inside a marriage

A Rhode Island quitclaim deed is a covenant deed, not a bare release. Section 34-11-12 supplies the statutory form, and Section 34-11-18 fills in the phrase with quitclaim covenants: the grantor warrants and defends the premises against lawful claims of anyone claiming by, through, or under that grantor, and nobody else. Between spouses the covenant reaches the conveying spouse's own chapter of the chain of title, a mortgage that spouse granted or an interest that spouse assigned, and stops there. Section 34-11-27 sizes what moves: every estate the grantor owns at execution, so a spouse holding an undivided half passes a half.

One grantor, one certificate, eleven sections

The form recites one grantor spouse signing personally and in an individual capacity, with a printed name beneath the signature as Section 34-11-1.1 contemplates, and one acknowledgment certificate carrying the substance Section 34-12-1 prescribes. Section 3 states the marital relationship; Section 6 records how the grantor holds, which shows whether one signature carries the interest described. Ownership patterns appearing in the land evidence records in this shape include a spouse who took title before the marriage passing it to the other spouse, and spouses shifting record title so that one of them holds it individually. Where both spouses hold as tenants by the entirety, the Cull v. Vadnais line of decisions puts disposal of that estate beyond either spouse acting alone, so an entireties estate does not move on one signature; an unmarried sole owner recites no marital statement, and a trustee or entity grantor recites capacity language this deed does not carry.

No money changes hands, and no spousal exemption

Rhode Island does not carve spouses out of its conveyance tax. The exemptions in Section 44-25-2 run to government grantors, certain debt-security instruments, and a short list of project-specific and affordable-housing transfers, saying nothing about married people. Consideration answers instead: Section 44-25-1 reaches a conveyance only when the consideration paid exceeds one hundred dollars, liens left in place included, and Section 44-25-1(c) has an instrument on which nothing is paid state that the consideration is such that no documentary stamps are required. Section 9 of the form holds that statement, and the completed example pairs it with the sentence Division of Taxation regulation 280-RICR-20-10-1.14 contemplates for gifts, that the transfer is by way of gift and that no withholding is required under Section 44-30-71.3.

Filed with a clerk, not a county

No county office records deeds in this state. Each city and town keeps its own land evidence records, so the signed deed reaches the clerk of the single municipality where the parcel sits. The grantee spouse's mailing address rides along for Section 34-11-1.2, and the layout keeps the head of page one and the foot of the last page clear for the recorder. One dated change is already law: beginning September 1, 2027, a municipality may accept a remotely filed electronic instrument only with documentation identifying the person filing it or through a trusted submitter. Searchers call this an interspousal transfer deed, a spousal quitclaim deed, or a quit claim deed between spouses.

The purchase downloads three files: the blank deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example worked through an East Greenwich transfer between spouses, and a plain language guide covering the eleven numbered sections, the acknowledgment, the tax statements, and municipal recording. These materials describe Rhode Island law in general terms; they are informational and are not legal advice.

Important: Your property must be located in Washington County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Quitclaim Deed (Interspousal) meets all recording requirements specific to Washington County.

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