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Official Public Records
The County Clerk's office records instruments such as:
- Deeds
- Judgment
- Liens
Many of these instruments deal with the conveyance of ownership in real property. We also record:
- Military Discharge
- Affidavits
- DBAs
- Oil and gas lease
- Power of attorney
- UCC Financing Statement
Requirements & Fees for Recording Documents in Midland County
LGC 118.011
- Must be a document that is statutorily authorized to be recorded.
- The document must be the original or a certified copy.
- The document must be authenticated/exemplified if a Probate from another State (EC 503)
- There must be a title at the top. (LGC 191.007 (c))
- A page is considered to be one side of a sheet of paper and may be no wider than 8.5 inches by 14 inches. (LGC 191.007(b))
- The Property must be located In Midland County and include the complete legal description. (LGC 193.009(4))
- Name must be typed or printed immediately under each signature. (LGC 191.007(e))
- All documents must have a proper and complete original notary acknowledgement. (PC 12.001(b))
- Deeds conveying property to a new owner must have a grantee's address listed. (PC 11.003(1))
- Warranty Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Oil and Gas Lease, Mechanics Liens, Releases, Affidavits,
- Powers of Attorney and Revocations, Lis Pendens, Bills of Sale, Hospital Liens and Releases,
- Mineral Deeds and Home Equities, UCC Financing Statement, Abstract of Judgment
Fees & Payment
- We accept cash, money order, credit or debit card (convenience fee applied).
- We do not accept personal checks.
Item | Cost |
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First page | $26.00 |
Each additional page | $4.00 |
Each additional name to be indexed in excess of 5 | $0.25 |
Double the filing fee for that page if it fails to meet one or more of the requirements (LGC 191.007(h)) | N/A |
Penalty Fee for no grantee's address on any document | $25.00 |
Federal tax liens and releases | $31.00 |
State tax liens, releases and abstracts - Filed by the State | $16.00 |
Maps and plats - small | $61.00 |
Maps and plats - large | $81.00 |
Unincorporated Assumed name / DBA or abandonment with 1 owner | $23.00 |
Each additional owner listed | $0.50 |
Brand and Marks | $26.00 |
Each additional location on same type of animal | $5.00 |
Bonds to indemnify with 1 page and 1 service | $137.00 |
Each additional page | $4.00 |
Each additional service | $100.00 |
Each additional notice of service | $4.00 |
Military discharge recording and copies | No fee |
Returned check fee | $30.00 |
Copies per page | $1.00 |
Certification of copies | $5.00 |
Copy of plat on large paper | $10.00 |
Foreclosures | $3.00 |
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County Clerk
Physical Address
500 N Loraine Street
4th Floor
Midland, TX 79701
Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Recording Hours
Recordings received after 4 PM. will be processed on the following business day.
Marriage License Hours
Please call 432-688-4401 for an appointment.
Acknowledgments of Paternity Hours
Please call 432-688-4401 for an appointment.
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