Every place Crane 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.
The county clerk
Verified Jun 8, 2026
Office
Official pagewww.co.crane.tx.us/page/crane.County.Clerk
Phone432-558-3581
HoursMon–Thu 8:00–5:00, Fri 8:00–4:00 (no monetary transactions after 4:30 Mon–Thu, after 3:30 Fri)
Where the records live
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.
Crane County Clerk EagleWeb (countygovernmentrecords.com host). Register/login to search the index; document copies at cost. The portal lists records 'since 1850' but the documented full index begins 1888 (county created 1887).
432-558-3581
Clerk records run from 1888 (county created 1887). Office Mon–Thu 8–5, Fri 8–4 (no monetary transactions after 4:30 Mon–Thu, after 3:30 Fri).
201 W 6th St, Ste 110, Crane · 432-558-3581 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl
Full index from 1888; plat maps 1907–2018; linked document images from 2017; online mineral-owner search 2013–2021 (closed).
halFILE plant: Official Records 1990→present (~59,000 documents). Free sign-up.
Online document images from 2012; Historic File Viewer scanned collections reach back further: grantor/grantee index 1888–2018, property records from 1888.
In-county Crane title/abstract plant. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.
304 W 6th St, Crane · 432-558-3112
Regional sovereignty abstract plant (Odessa) serving Crane, chain-of-title to present; subscription plant access. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.
501 E 7th St, Odessa · 432-337-1511
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Crane is one of the 1883 University Lands (PUF) addition counties: PUF state minerals lease through University Lands (UT System sovereign, distinct from the GLO), not county-recorded. Tract/lease-keyed.
University Lands, Midland
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Minerals account-keyed.
432-558-1021
Crane is in RRC District 08 (Permian/Midland area).
records@rrc.texas.gov
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Sovereignty/root-of-title; indexed by grant, not recording date.
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Pointer/directory, not a record host.
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