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Baylor County records

Every place Baylor County, Texas deed, lease, and mineral record can be located: the clerk office, the online portals, the local title plant, the appraisal district, and the Railroad Commission, with the years each source covers.

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Jun 8, 2026
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The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · BAYLOR
County Clerk
Baylor County Clerk
Address
101 S Washington St, Seymour, TX 76380 (mail: PO Box 689)
Phone
940-889-3322
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:30–12:00, 1:00–5:00
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.baylor.tx.us/page/baylor.County.Clerk

Phone940-889-3322

HoursMon–Fri 8:30–12:00, 1:00–5:00

Where the records live

Record sources and coverage

Each source shows what it carries, whether it gives images or just an index, and the years it covers. A field we couldn't verify shows “–” rather than a guess.

  • In PersonBaylor County Clerk: recording desk (in person)
    In Person

    Index1879–presentImages1879–present

    Baylor created 1858, organized 1879; land records run from organization. No clerk online search portal. Records via the aggregators below or in person. Office Mon–Fri 8:30–12 & 1–5.

    101 S Washington St, Seymour · 940-889-3322 · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl

  • AggregatorTexasFile
    Free Index

    Index2006–presentImages2017–present

    Full index from 05/2006; linked document images from 2017.

  • AggregatorCountyRecords.com
    Free · Register

    Index2006–presentImages–

    halFILE plant: Official Records 05/2006→present (~17,000 documents). Free sign-up.

  • AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
    Subscription

    Index2006–presentImages2006–present

    Historical grantor/grantee index and property records 2006–2021; Oil & Gas Lease Alert.

  • Title PlantBaylor Abstract & Title PLLC
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    In-county Seymour title/abstract plant. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    113 N Washington St, Seymour · 940-888-3829

  • Appraisal District (CAD)Baylor County Appraisal District: mineral accounts
    Official · Free

    Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.

    Mineral / oil-and-gas accounts appraised for the district; account-keyed.

    211 N Washington St, Seymour · 940-888-5636

  • RRCRailroad Commission of Texas: well/lease records (Dist. 09)
    Official · Free

    Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    Baylor is in RRC District 09 (Wichita Falls area).

    records@rrc.texas.gov

  • State Land OfficeTexas GLO Land Grant Database (root-of-title patents)
    Official · Free

    Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.

    Sovereignty/root-of-title; State of Texas patents (public-land surveys from 1853), indexed by grant not recording date.

  • DirectoryNETR Online
    Free

    Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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