The secretary of state shall keep an online register of all persons filing certificates and of all names or styles assumed, referred to in this chapter, and, for the indexing and filing of the certificates, the secretary of state shall charge and collect a fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). A copy of the certificate, duly certified to by the secretary of state shall be presumptive evidence in all courts in this state of the facts contained in the certificate. The secretary of state shall charge and collect twenty dollars ($20.00) for the issuance of a letter of status.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-1-2