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Eddy County records

In Eddy County, New Mexico, much of the mineral estate is state, federal, or tribal, not county-recorded. Here is where each layer lives: the State Land Office, the BLM, the BIA, the county clerk, and the local title plant, with the coverage each source carries.

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New Mexico · Public record · Every field traces to a source

Jun 4, 2026
Last verified
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Drilling permits · last 90 days
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Record sources verified

The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeNM · EDDY
County Clerk
Eddy County Clerk's Office
Address
325 S Main St, Carlsbad, NM 88220
Phone
575-885-3383
Hours
Carlsbad Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00; Artesia sub-office 602 S 1st: Mon 1:00–5:00, Tue–Fri 8:00–12:00
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 4, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.eddy.nm.us/185/County-Clerk

Phone575-885-3383

HoursCarlsbad Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00; Artesia sub-office 602 S 1st: Mon 1:00–5:00, Tue–Fri 8:00–12:00

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.

  • State Land OfficeNM State Land Office: SLOConnect Lease Search
    Official · Free

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

    Statewide; lease/township-range keyed, not recording date.

    Oil, Gas & Minerals Div, 505-827-5760, Santa Fe

  • Federal · BLMBLM Carlsbad FO / MLRS (federal minerals)
    Official · Free

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

    Statewide; serial-register/case-keyed.

    BLM Carlsbad FO, 520 E Greene St, 575-234-5972

  • County PortalEddy County Clerk Official Record Search (Neumo/Kofile)
    Official · Free Index

    Index–Images–

    Neumo-hosted portal. Index start year unpublished; free index search with document images at cost (standard Kofile/Neumo model). The county also keeps its legacy GovOS CountyFusion search running in parallel.

    575-885-3383

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

    Index–Images–

    NM clerk land records are permanent/public; in-office back-file at the Carlsbad office + the Artesia sub-office. Carlsbad Mon–Fri 8–5.

    325 S Main St, Carlsbad · 575-885-3383 (Artesia sub-office: 602 S 1st · 575-746-2541)

  • Title PlantEddy County Abstract Co., Inc.
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    Title insurance + O&G land records (in-county abstract office; founding year not published on the cited source).

    116 N Canyon St, Carlsbad · 575-887-2828

  • AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
    Subscription

    Index1906–presentImages1906–present

    Document images (Historic File Viewer) from 1906; no deeper historical scanned collections offered for this county.

    713-683-4000

  • OCDNM Oil Conservation Division (OCD): Online Imaging
    Official · Free

    Index–Images–

    NM well/lease regulator (NM equivalent of the TX RRC).

    NMOCD, EMNRD, Santa Fe

  • County AssessorEddy County Assessor (Tyler EagleWeb)
    Official · Free

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

    NM minerals are STATE-valued: assessor has NO mineral accounts; surface only.

    101 W Greene St Ste 319 · 575-885-3813

  • DirectoryNETR Online
    Free

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host. Its clerk link goes to Eddy's legacy GovOS CountyFusion search, which is still live and is the search the county's own clerk page links.

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