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DeWitt County records

Every place DeWitt 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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Texas · Public record · Every field traces to a source

Jun 8, 2026
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Drilling permits · last 90 days
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01 · The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · DEWITT
County Clerk
DeWitt County Clerk
Address
102 N Clinton St, Ste 120, Cuero, TX 77954
Phone
361-275-0864
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–4:45 (closed 12:00–1:00 for lunch)
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.dewitt.tx.us/page/dewitt.county.clerk

Phone361-275-0864

HoursMon–Fri 8:00–4:45 (closed 12:00–1:00 for lunch)

02 · 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.

  • DeWitt County Clerk — Online Records Search (LGS)County PortalOfficial · Free Index
    Index—Images—

    Powered by Local Government Solutions (LGS) — Guest Login = free index search; document images at cost. The clerk's records run from 1838 (see aggregators below).

    361-275-0864

  • DeWitt County Clerk — recording desk (in person)In PersonIn Person
    Index1838–presentImages1838–present

    Records run from 1838 (Green DeWitt's colony era; county created 1846). Office Mon–Fri 8–4:45 (closed 12–1 for lunch).

    102 N Clinton St, Ste 120, Cuero · 361-275-0864 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl

  • TexasFileAggregatorFree Index
    Index1838–presentImages—

    Full index from 1838; plat maps 1900–2023; document copies purchasable; linked online images 'Coming Soon'.

  • CountyRecords.comAggregatorFree · Register
    Index1846–presentImages—

    halFILE plant — Official Records 1996→present; Deeds 1846–1995 & Oil & Gas volumes 1927–1995 (book/volume/page). ~458,900 documents. Free sign-up.

  • CourthouseDirect.comAggregatorSubscription
    Index1846–presentImages1841–present

    No modern online grantor/grantee index; document images from 2010; Historic File Viewer scanned collections — grantor/grantee index from 1846, property records from 1841.

  • DeWitt County Abstract Co.Title PlantIn Person
    Index—Images—

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

    203 N Gonzales St, Cuero · 361-275-3251

  • DeWitt Appraisal District — mineral accountsAppraisal District (CAD)Official · Free

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

    Minerals account-keyed.

    Cuero

  • Railroad Commission of Texas — well/lease records (Dist. 02)RRCOfficial · Free
    Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    DeWitt is in RRC District 02 (San Antonio area).

    records@rrc.texas.gov

  • Texas GLO Land Grant Database (root-of-title patents)State Land OfficeOfficial · Free

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

    Sovereignty/root-of-title; Spanish/Mexican-era (DeWitt's colony) grants + Republic/State patents, indexed by grant not recording date.

  • NETR Online (research anchor)DirectoryFree

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

03 · How to pull the records

Pulling the records

  1. 01

    Start with the county clerk — the online portal or the recording desk. Deeds, leases, and assignments are filed there by recording date.

  2. 02

    For mineral ownership, the county appraisal district carries mineral accounts; the Railroad Commission carries well and lease records.

  3. 03

    Older chains and runsheets live at the local title or abstract plant. Online aggregators mirror the index for convenience; coverage dates vary, so check each source's span.

  4. 04

    If any acreage traces to Permanent School Fund or Relinquishment Act land — or to University Lands (PUF) — the state holds that mineral lease record, not the county.

04 · Nearby counties

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05 · Sources & accuracy