Where are oil and gas records filed in Culberson County, Texas?

Culberson County Clerk records deeds, leases, and assignments for Culberson County, Texas. They are searchable through Culberson County Clerk: historical index books (Kofile QuickLink), with the index from 1885.

Are Culberson County minerals recorded at the courthouse?

Trans-Pecos Delaware Basin county and one of the 1883 University Lands additions, Permanent University Fund (PUF) mineral acreage (the UT System sovereign via University Lands, separate from the GLO) interleaves with fee tracts. West of the Pecos, some tracts may also be PSF/Relinquishment-Act state-mineral country (GLO-leased). PUF and PSF/RAL state minerals are not county-recorded; fee tracts are county-recorded, root-of-title to GLO grants. No tribal land.

How many record sources are verified for Culberson County?

11 record sources are verified for Culberson County as of Jun 8, 2026, including 4 official sources with a free index.

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Culberson County records

Every place Culberson 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: Last verified
27: Drilling permits · last 90 days
11: Record sources verified

The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · CULBERSON

County Clerk: Culberson County Clerk
Address: 300 La Caverna St, Van Horn, TX 79855 (mail: PO Box 158)
Phone: 432-283-2058
Hours: –
In-county title plant: No, regional abstractor

Verified Jun 8, 2026

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.

County PortalCulberson County Clerk: historical index books (Kofile QuickLink)
Official · Free Index
Index1885–2009Images–
Kofile QuickLink: browse/search scanned index books free (Deeds 1885–2009 incl. transcribed pre-county deeds; Deeds of Trust; Oil & Gas); purchase document copies. Covers the historical index through ~2009.
432-283-2058
In PersonCulberson County Clerk: recording desk (in person)
In Person
Index1854–presentImages1854–present
County organized 1911; the clerk's index includes transcribed pre-county deeds back to 1854 (per aggregators). The clerk's historical index is online via Kofile QuickLink (above); records also in person.
300 La Caverna St, Van Horn · 432-283-2058 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl
AggregatorTexasFile
Free Index
Index1854–presentImages2017–present
Full index from 1854 (incl. transcribed pre-county records; Culberson organized 1911); plat maps 1888–2024; linked document images from 2017; online mineral-owner search 2013–2021 (closed).
AggregatorCountyRecords.com
Free · Register
Index1901–presentImages–
halFILE plant: Official Records 2009→present; Deed Books 1911–2009; Deeds/Trust 1901–2007; Oil/Gas 1951–2005; Mineral Books 1913–1969. ~106,300 documents. Free sign-up.
AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
Subscription
Index1882–presentImages1900–present
No modern online index/document images; the Historic File Viewer holds scanned historical collections: grantor/grantee index from 1882, property records from 1900.
Title PlantWestern Abstract & Title (sovereignty plant serving Culberson)
In Person
Index–Images–
Regional sovereignty title plant covering Culberson sovereignty-to-present (no active in-county plant); plant data accessible at its Pecos or Midland offices. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.
Pecos + Midland offices
State Land OfficeUniversity Lands (PUF minerals)
In Person
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Culberson 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
State Land OfficeTexas GLO: state minerals (PSF/RAL) & land-grant patents
Official · Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
West of the Pecos: some tracts may be PSF/Relinquishment-Act state-mineral country (GLO-leased); also sovereignty/root-of-title patents. Indexed by grant/lease, not recording date.
Appraisal District (CAD)Culberson Appraisal District: mineral accounts
Official · Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Minerals account-keyed.
432-283-2977
RRCRailroad Commission of Texas: well/lease records (Dist. 08)
Official · Free
Index1964–presentImages1964–present
Culberson is in RRC District 08 (Permian / Delaware Basin).
records@rrc.texas.gov
DirectoryNETR Online
Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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