What is the real estate transfer tax in Rhode Island?

In Rhode Island, a real estate conveyance tax of $3.75 for each $500 or fractional part of the consideration (counting any lien or encumbrance that remains) is due on a deed when the consideration exceeds $100, and the seller pays it unless the parties agree otherwise. On residential real property, an additional $3.75 for each $500 is imposed on the part of the consideration above $800,000, and that threshold is adjusted each year by the CPI-U for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. The tax does not apply to an instrument given to secure a debt or to a deed in which the United States, the state of Rhode Island or one of its political subdivisions is the grantor. Counties and cities can add their own tax where state law lets them, so check the county where the deed is recorded. This is R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 44-25-1, 44-25-2.

WhatRhode Island
State transfer tax$3.75 per $500 of price, paid by the seller

What the statute says

“… a tax at the rate of 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 …”

Quoted word for word from the section’s text.

Source

R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 44-25-1, 44-25-2

Read the statute in the Rhode Island General Laws (Rhode Island General Assembly): webserver.rilegislature.gov.

Checked against the statute on November 15, 2026.

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