§ 6A-9-525 - Fees. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 6A-9-525

   § 6A-9-525  Fees. – (a) Initial financing statement or other record: general rule. Except asotherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a recordunder this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kinddescribed in subsection (b), is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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