Washington County Recorder Information

Office locations, recording fees, and document requirements in Rhode Island

Recorder Offices

Contact the recorder's office directly for its records, copies, and recording requirements.

Documents for property in Washington County are recorded by the 9 town clerks listed on this page. Each has its own page with the office, its address and hours.

Who records in Washington County

Land records in Washington County are kept by the clerk of the town or city the property is in, not by the county. There are 9 town clerks here, each with its own office and hours. Choose the town for your property.

A village, borough or section of a town records with that town's clerk.

About the Washington County Recorder's Office

Rhode Island is divided into municipalities, which handle all local government functions, including the recording of deeds. Documents to be recorded should be sent to the appropriate town or city clerk relative to the property address.

Recording Fees

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Deeds and other conveyances$80.00 flat (Warranty deed, quitclaim deed, fiduciary deed; foreclosure deed under power of sale with affidavit)
Mortgages and deeds of trust$60.00 flat (per mortgage)
Releases and satisfactions$45.00 flat (Discharge of mortgage; partial release of mortgage also $45)
Other standard documents$45.00 flat (any other instrument not otherwise expressly provided for by statute)

Other charges

Document that does not meet the formatting standards$2.00 per document when Signatories' and notaries' names are not typed or printed immediately beneath or adjacent to their signatures
Copies, per page$1.50
Certification$3.00

StatewideRecording officers may charge $1.00 for each additional page or fraction over. Ten percent (10%) of the recording fees is used by each city or town for document preservation and technological upgrades. Other statutory fees include: lease $60.00; assignment of mortgage $45.00; lis pendens $80.00; power of attorney $45.00; maps, plats, surveys, drawings (not attached to another instrument) $45.00; federal tax lien and its discharge $7.25 each. The fee to record or discharge lis pendens and/or bail property liens recorded by bailbondsmen is $10.00.

Transfer tax

Real Estate Conveyance Tax. Three dollars and seventy-five cents ($3.75) for each five hundred dollars ($500), or fractional part of it, that is paid for the purchase of property, when the consideration paid exceeds one hundred dollars ($100). The tax is collected when the document is recorded. (statewide, R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-25-1(a))

StatewideIn addition to the tax imposed by § 44-25-1(a), a tax of $3.75 for each $500, or fractional part of it, is imposed on the consideration in excess of the threshold paid for residential real property (R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-25-1(b)). The statute sets the threshold at $800,000 and adjusts it by CPI-U for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. The Division of Taxation gives the Tier 2 threshold for calendar year 2026 as $824,000. Where no consideration is paid, the instrument of conveyance must contain a statement that the consideration is such that no documentary stamps are required (§ 44-25-1(c)).

Verified September 2026 against official publications. Sources: R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-7. General recording fees · R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.1. Signing and printing names · R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-9. Fees for copies of record · R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-25-1. Tax imposed — Payment — Burden · RI Division of Taxation Advisory 2026-01, Real Estate Conveyance Tax Indexed for Inflation

Document Requirements

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Grantee address requiredYes (statewide, R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.2)
Printed names under signatures requiredYes (statewide, R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.1)

StatewideEvery deed presented for recording due to the sale of property shall contain or have endorsed upon it the total dollar amount of the actual sale (§ 34-11-1.4). Every mortgage deed shall contain or have endorsed upon it the name and address of the mortgagor and mortgagee (§ 34-11-1.3). Survey plans shall be drawn on archival mylar or linen not exceeding 24″ x 36″ (§ 34-13-1(14)).

Submitting documents

StatewideAny instrument presented for recording whose original is to be returned to the person recording or to an address previously indicated shall be forwarded within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date it was actually recorded.

Verified September 2026 against official publications. Sources: R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.1. Signing and printing names · R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.2. Name and address of grantee — Recording · R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-11-1.4. Sale price recording · R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-10. Return of recorded documents

Deeds.com Resources & Services

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How to Get a Copy of Your Deed

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Deeds.com eRecording

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Recorder Offices

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Documents for property in Washington County are recorded by the 9 town clerks listed on this page. Each has its own page with the office, its address and hours.

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