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Fayette County records

Every place Fayette 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 14, 2026
Last verified
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Drilling permits · last 90 days
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Record sources verified

01 · The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · FAYETTE
County Clerk
Fayette County Clerk
Address
246 W Colorado St, La Grange, TX 78945 (mail: PO Box 59)
Phone
979-968-3251
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 14, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.fayette.tx.us/page/fayette.County.Clerk

Phone979-968-3251

HoursMon–Fri 8:00–5:00

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.

  • Fayette County Clerk — recording desk (in person)In PersonIn Person
    Index—Images—

    Office of record; full back-file in person (county records from 1838). NETR classifies clerk online as 'Website Only' — no third-party vendor/coverage desk-verifiable; the reliable online index is TexasFile (1838+).

    246 W Colorado St, La Grange · 979-968-3251 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg

  • TexasFileAggregatorFree Index
    Index1838–presentImages—

    Grantor/grantee index from 02/1838 (document-image start not separately published on the coverage page); plat maps 1900–2022; mineral-ownership data 2011–2019 (closed). Free login to search; images at cost.

  • CourthouseDirect.comAggregatorSubscription
    Index1989–presentImages2009–present

    Online grantor/grantee index from 1989; document images from 2009; Historic File Viewer property records 1984–2019, O&G documents from 1985. Monthly updates. Shallower than TexasFile (1838).

  • Texas Country Title — Fayette sovereignty plantTitle PlantIn Person
    Index—Images—

    Fully automated SOVEREIGNTY title plant covering Fayette (+ Bastrop/Burleson/Colorado/Falls/Lee/Milam/Washington), La Grange office — sovereignty/patent to present. Clear Title Co (230 W Colorado St) and Botts Title Co (346 N Jefferson St) also operate in La Grange.

    La Grange office

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

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

    Mineral accounts; account-keyed (not recording-date indexed).

    979-968-8383

  • Railroad Commission of Texas — well/lease records (Dist. 03)RRCOfficial · Free
    Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    Fayette is in RRC District 03 (Southeast Texas; Giddings / Austin Chalk–Eagle Ford trend).

    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; Stephen F. Austin colony + Republic/State grants, indexed by grant not recording date. Minerals predominantly fee/private — no PSF/RAL.

  • NETR Online (research anchor)DirectoryFree

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

    Pointer/directory; classifies the clerk as 'Website Only' (no official online record search).

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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Keep the deal documents organized

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05 · Sources & accuracy