Every place Dawson 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.dawson.tx.us/page/dawson.county.clerk
Phone806-329-3311
HoursMon–Thu 8:30–12:00, 1:00–5:00; Fri 8:30–12:00, 1:00–4:00 (closed 12:00–1:00 for lunch)
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.
Dawson created 1876, organized 1905; County Clerk land records begin 1905 (pre-1905 records are held by Howard/Mitchell/Shackelford counties). No online land-records search is published. Records are in person + via the aggregators below. Office Mon–Thu 8:30–12, 1–5; Fri 8:30–12, 1–4 (closed 12–1 for lunch).
400 S 1st St, Lamesa · 806-329-3311 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl
Full index from 1970; linked document images from 2010 (older records via the clerk + the plants below).
halFILE plant: Official Records 1996→present (~160,800 documents). Free sign-up.
Online grantor/grantee index & document images from 1991; Historic File Viewer scanned collections: property records from 1878, grantor/grantee index 1900–2002.
In-county Dawson title/abstract plant in Lamesa. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.
408 N 1st St, Lamesa · 806-872-3023
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Dawson is one of the University Lands (PUF) counties (named in the GLO University Lands block surveys): 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.
806-872-7060
Dawson is in RRC District 8A (Lubbock 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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