R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-13-4: Entry of time of presentation for recording — Receiving book.

Whenever any instrument entitled to be recorded shall be presented for recording, the town clerk or recorder of deeds, as the case may be, immediately upon its presentment, shall cause to be entered in writing on the instrument the day, the hour, and the minute when the instrument was presented for recording, and shall enter this information, in the order of presentment, in a receiving book to be kept for that purpose.