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Every place Howard 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 4, 2026
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The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · HOWARD
County Clerk
Howard County Clerk
Address
300 S Main St, Rm 104, Big Spring, TX 79720 (mail: PO Box 1468, 79721)
Phone
432-264-2213
Hours
Mon–Thu 8:00–4:30, Fri 8:00–4:00
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 4, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.howard.tx.us/1208/County-Clerk

Phone432-264-2213

HoursMon–Thu 8:00–4:30, Fri 8:00–4:00

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.

  • County PortalHoward County Clerk: Self-Service Web (Tyler)
    Official · Free Index

    Index–Images–

    Tyler-hosted portal. Free index search; document images/copies at cost. The clerk's index runs from 1882 (see aggregators below).

    432-264-2213

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

    Index1882–presentImages1882–present

    300 S Main St, Rm 104, Big Spring · 432-264-2213 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg

  • AggregatorTexasFile
    Free Index

    Index1882–presentImages–

    Full index 1882→present; plat-map images 1892–2021; linked document images from 2019; online mineral-owner search 2013–2021 (closed).

  • AggregatorCountyRecords.com
    Free · Register

    Index1882–presentImages–

    halFILE plant: Official Records 1882–present. Free sign-up.

  • AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
    Subscription

    Index1881–presentImages1881–present

    Historic File Viewer scanned property records from 1881; online grantor/grantee index from 1881; document images from 1983; historical grantor/grantee index 1886–1982; title-plant search from 1881; historical probate from 1997.

  • Title PlantBig Spring Abstract & Title Co., Inc.
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    In-county Howard title plant (Big Spring); records to county sovereignty. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    200 W 3rd St, Ste. A, Big Spring · 432-267-1604

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

    Index–Images–

    Second in-county Big Spring abstract/title office. Start-year not a published index date.

    106 W 3rd St, Big Spring · 432-263-1782

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

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

    Minerals account-keyed.

    432-263-8301

  • RRCRailroad Commission of Texas: well/lease records (Dist. 08)
    Official · Free

    Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    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; indexed by grant, not recording date. Howard is not a University Lands PUF county.

  • DirectoryNETR Online
    Free

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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