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Gonzales County records

Every place Gonzales 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
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The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · GONZALES
County Clerk
Gonzales County Clerk
Address
427 St. George St, Ste 200, Gonzales, TX 78629
Phone
830-672-2801
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–4:30
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

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

Phone830-672-2801

HoursMon–Fri 8:00–4:30

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 PortalGonzales County Clerk: Online Records (Tyler)
    Official · Free Index

    Index–Images–

    Powered by Tyler Technologies (tylerhost.net Self-Service). Free index search; document images/copies at cost. The clerk's index runs from the 1840s (see aggregators).

    830-672-2801

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

    Index1838–presentImages1838–present

    Gonzales created 1836 (capital of DeWitt's colony); records reach 1838 (per aggregators). Office Mon–Fri 8–4:30.

    427 St. George St, Ste 200, Gonzales · 830-672-2801 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl

  • AggregatorTexasFile
    Free Index

    Index1900–presentImages2013–present

    Full index from 1900; plat maps 1900–2019; linked document images from 2013.

  • AggregatorCountyRecords.com
    Free · Register

    Index1838–presentImages–

    halFILE plant: Official Records 1981→present; Deed Records 1838–1980. ~455,700 documents. Free sign-up.

  • AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
    Subscription

    Index1982–presentImages1867–present

    Online grantor/grantee index from 1982; document images from 1983; Historic File Viewer scanned collections: property records 1867–2021, grantor/grantee index 1841–1982.

  • Title PlantBurchard Abstract Company
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    In-county Gonzales sovereignty title plant (onsite plant). Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    Gonzales

  • Appraisal District (CAD)Gonzales County Appraisal District: mineral accounts
    Official · Free

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

    Minerals account-keyed.

    830-672-2879

  • RRCRailroad Commission of Texas: well/lease records (Dist. 01)
    Official · Free

    Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    Gonzales is in RRC District 01 (San Antonio area).

    records@rrc.texas.gov

  • State Land OfficeTexas GLO Land Grant Database (root-of-title patents)
    Official · 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.

  • DirectoryNETR Online
    Free

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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