Providence County Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Form
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Providence County Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Form
Fill in the blank Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) form formatted to comply with all Rhode Island recording and content requirements.
Providence County Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Guide
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Providence County Completed Example of the Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) Document
Example of a properly completed Rhode Island Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) document for reference.
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Where to Record Your Documents
Burrillville Town Clerk
Harrisville, Rhode Island 02830
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-W; 8:30 to 7:00 Thu; 8:30 to 12:30 Fri
Phone: (401) 568-4300 Ext 124
Central Falls City Clerk
Central Falls, Rhode Island 02863
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-Th; 8:30 to 1:30 Fri; 3rd Thu 8:30 to 7:00
Phone: (401) 727-7400
Cranston City Clerk
Cranston, Rhode Island 02910
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F
Phone: (401) 461-1000 Ext 3130
Cumberland Town Clerk
Cumberland , Rhode Island 02864
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 Mon - Fri
Phone: (401) 728-2400 Ext 163, 135, 133
East Providence City Clerk
East Providence, Rhode Island 02914
Hours: 8:00 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (401) 435-7594
Foster Town Clerk
Foster, Rhode Island 02825
Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 5:30 pm Closed Fridays
Phone: (401) 392-9201
Glocester Town Clerk
Chepachet, Rhode Island 02814-0702
Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm M-F
Phone: (401) 568-6206 Ext 0
Johnston Town Clerk
Johnston, Rhode Island 02919
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F
Phone: (401) 351-6618
Lincoln Town Clerk
Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F
Phone: (401) 333-1100 Ext 8005
North Providence Town Clerk
North Providence, Rhode Island 02911
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 to 4:30 /Recording until 4:00. Summer: 8:30 to 4:00 /Recording until 3:30
Phone: (401) 232-0900, Ext. 207
North Smithfield Town Clerk
Slatersville, Rhode Island 02896
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: 401-767-2200 Ext 324
Pawtucket City Clerk
Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F / Recording until 3:30
Phone: (401) 728-0500 Ext 261
Providence City Clerk
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
Hours: 8:30 to 3:30 M-F
Phone: (401) 421-7740 Ext 547
Scituate Town Clerk
North Scituate, Rhode Island 02857
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F / Recording 8:45 to 3:45
Phone: (401) 647-2822
Smithfield Town Clerk
Smithfield, Rhode Island 02917
Hours: 8:30 to 4:30 M-F / Recording until 3:45
Phone: (401) 233-1000
Woonsocket City Clerk
Woonsocket, Rhode Island 02895
Hours: 8:30 to 4:00 M-F
Phone: (401) 767-9249
Recording Tips for Providence County:
- Bring your driver's license or state-issued photo ID
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- Ask about their eRecording option for future transactions
- Verify the recording date if timing is critical for your transaction
Cities and Jurisdictions in Providence County
Properties in any of these areas use Providence County forms:
- Albion
- Central Falls
- Chepachet
- Clayville
- Cranston
- Cumberland
- East Providence
- Fiskeville
- Forestdale
- Foster
- Glendale
- Greenville
- Harmony
- Harrisville
- Hope
- Johnston
- Lincoln
- Manville
- Mapleville
- North Providence
- North Scituate
- North Smithfield
- Oakland
- Pascoag
- Pawtucket
- Providence
- Riverside
- Rumford
- Slatersville
- Smithfield
- Woonsocket
Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Providence County
How do I get my forms?
Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Providence 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 Providence County?
Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Providence 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 Providence 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 Providence County?
Recording fees in Providence County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (401) 568-4300 Ext 124 for current fees.
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The second signature on this deed conveys no title at all. In this configuration of the Rhode Island quitclaim deed, one married record owner is the only grantor, and a spouse who owns nothing of record signs a joinder block releasing whatever interest that spouse might turn out to hold. One signature moves the title; the other closes a question a title examiner would otherwise have to raise.
What Rhode Island actually asks of a non-owner spouse
Less than most states. Dower and curtesy were abolished by Section 33-25-1, and Section 33-25-2 replaced them with a life estate for a surviving spouse in real estate a decedent owned at death. Its next subsection governs a lifetime deed: property conveyed away before death, whether or not money changed hands, escapes that life estate if the conveyance was recorded in the city or town land evidence records before the owner died. The Rhode Island Supreme Court called that interest a mere expectancy in Pezza v. Pezza, and in Barrett v. Barrett it held the recording subsection displaced the illusory transfer test, upholding a pre-death recorded conveyance into a trust against a widow's claim. No statute conditions a lifetime conveyance on a non-owner spouse's signature, and this form says so plainly.
A release, not a requirement
The joinder block is here because a release settles the record, not because a statute demands one. In Section 10 the joining spouse releases and quitclaims to the grantee, with quitclaim covenants, all right, title, interest, claim, and demand, if any, naming the estate of homestead under Section 9-26-4.1 and any interest arising under Chapter 33-25. Those two words, if any, carry the weight: a quitclaim release moves whatever exists and nothing beyond it, so where the spouse held nothing the section releases nothing and the record still answers the question.
Homestead is why that framing matters. Rhode Island's estate of homestead, now five hundred thousand dollars, arises automatically by operation of law, with no declaration filed, no statement in a deed, and no other documentation. It belongs to an owner, and a spouse holding no title sits inside that owner's family rather than holding a separate estate, which is why a release of whatever may exist fits the structure and a release drafted as a conveyance of some defined marital interest would not.
Covenants from the owner, and from the spouse
Rhode Island's quitclaim deed is no bare release: Sections 34-11-17 and 34-11-18 oblige a grantor to warrant and defend against lawful claims of anyone claiming by, through, or under that grantor. This deed prints the covenant phrase twice, in the conveyance and again in the joinder, so the spouse stands behind the spouse's own dealings in the chain as well.
One grantor, two certificates, thirteen sections
The form recites one record owner signing as grantor, and one spouse signing solely under the release, with a printed name beneath each signature as Section 34-11-1.1 contemplates. A separate acknowledgment certificate follows each signature, printing what Section 34-12-1 asks a certificate to show. Separate certificates are not something Rhode Island law demands; the paired layout exists so the two acknowledgments can fall days apart, before different officers, as the example shows. Patterns that put this structure into the record include an owner who bought before the marriage and is now selling, an owner conveying an inherited parcel into a trust, and a closing where a title company wants the release on record. Where both spouses hold record title the deed carries two grantors instead, an unmarried sole owner recites no joinder, and fiduciary or entity grantors recite capacity language this form does not carry.
Recording, the fees, and the tax
Rhode Island keeps land evidence records city by city and town by town, with no county recording office, so the finished quit claim deed goes to one municipal clerk. Fees are statewide though offices are local: Section 34-13-7 charges eighty dollars for a quitclaim deed plus a dollar per page and a ten percent surcharge for preserving municipal records, and Section 42-8.1-20 adds four dollars for the Historical Records Trust. Local practice still bites: Warwick guidance cuts off electronic recording at three in the afternoon.
The download holds three files: the blank deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example worked through a Warwick sale, and a guide covering all thirteen sections, both acknowledgments, the fee and tax arithmetic, and recording. These materials explain Rhode Island law at a general level and are not legal advice.
Important: Your property must be located in Providence County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.
This Quitclaim Deed (Married Grantor with Non-Owner Spouse Joinder) meets all recording requirements specific to Providence County.
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