Warranty Deed in Rhode Island

A warranty deed transfers real estate with the seller's promise that the title is good. Before you record it, check your state's signing and recording rules below and your county recorder's formatting rules (margins, preparer and return-address blocks, transfer-tax forms) — recorders reject deeds that miss them.

What Rhode Island law says

Signing and recording a deed	A deed for land (or a lease over one year) must be in writing, signed, acknowledged and recorded in the land evidence records of the city or town where the land is; an unacknowledged or unrecorded deed is still binding between the parties and those with notice. The acknowledgment must be made by all signers and show they were known to the officer and acknowledged the deed as their free act and deed. A realty conveyance tax of $3.75 per $500 (or fraction) of the price applies when the price exceeds $100, normally paid by the seller, and an additional $3.75 per $500 applies to the portion of a residential sale price above $800,000. Conveyance tax: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE44/44-25/44-25-1.htm Source: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 34-11-1, 34-12-1, 44-25-1(a)-(b)
Signing and recording a deed	A deed must be in writing, signed by the grantor, acknowledged, delivered, and recorded in the land evidence records of the city or town where the land is located. A realty conveyance tax of $3.75 per $500 of consideration applies when the price exceeds $100 (paid by the seller unless agreed otherwise). For residential property, an additional $3.75 per $500 applies to the part of the price above a threshold that is indexed yearly; for 2026 the threshold is $824,000. Tax rates: § 44-25-1 (most recently amended effective October 1, 2025) and Division of Taxation Advisory 2026-01. Source: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 34-11-1, 44-25-1; Division of Taxation ADV 2026-01

Signing and recording a deed

A deed for land (or a lease over one year) must be in writing, signed, acknowledged and recorded in the land evidence records of the city or town where the land is; an unacknowledged or unrecorded deed is still binding between the parties and those with notice. The acknowledgment must be made by all signers and show they were known to the officer and acknowledged the deed as their free act and deed. A realty conveyance tax of $3.75 per $500 (or fraction) of the price applies when the price exceeds $100, normally paid by the seller, and an additional $3.75 per $500 applies to the portion of a residential sale price above $800,000.

Conveyance tax: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE44/44-25/44-25-1.htm

Source: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 34-11-1, 34-12-1, 44-25-1(a)-(b)

Signing and recording a deed

A deed must be in writing, signed by the grantor, acknowledged, delivered, and recorded in the land evidence records of the city or town where the land is located. A realty conveyance tax of $3.75 per $500 of consideration applies when the price exceeds $100 (paid by the seller unless agreed otherwise). For residential property, an additional $3.75 per $500 applies to the part of the price above a threshold that is indexed yearly; for 2026 the threshold is $824,000.

Tax rates: § 44-25-1 (most recently amended effective October 1, 2025) and Division of Taxation Advisory 2026-01.

Source: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 34-11-1, 44-25-1; Division of Taxation ADV 2026-01

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Recording requested by and return to: [name and mailing address]

WARRANTY DEED

For [consideration], [grantor name(s)], of [grantor address] ("Grantor"), grants and conveys to [grantee name(s)], of [grantee address] ("Grantee"), [how grantees take title], the following real property in [county] County, [state]:

Legal description: [full legal description copied from the current deed]

Commonly known as: [street address] Parcel / tax ID: [parcel number]

Grantor warrants the title to the property, as provided by [state] law, subject only to: [exceptions, e.g. easements and restrictions of record, current taxes].

Signed on [date signed]. Grantor signature(s): ____________________

[Acknowledgment before a notary public, in the form your state requires, and any witness signatures your state requires]

Send tax statements to: [name and address for tax bills]

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