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Lavaca County records

Every place Lavaca 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 · LAVACA
County Clerk
Lavaca County Clerk
Address
412 N Texana St, Hallettsville, TX 77964 (mail: PO Box 326)
Phone
361-798-3612
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–4:30
In-county title plant
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Verified Jun 14, 2026

Office

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

Phone361-798-3612

HoursMon–Fri 8:00–4:30

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.

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

    Office of record; full back-file in person. NO official online e-recording search identified (NETR classifies the clerk as 'Website Only') — online access runs through TexasFile / CourthouseDirect / CountyRecords.

    412 N Texana St, Hallettsville · 361-798-3612 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg

  • TexasFileAggregatorFree Index
    Index1831–presentImages—

    Grantor/grantee index from 03/1831; plat maps from 1887; a CLOSED mineral-ownership span 2017–2021 (not current). Free login to search; document images at cost (image start-year not published).

  • CourthouseDirect.comAggregatorSubscription
    Index1961–presentImages2010–present

    Online grantor/grantee index from 1961; document images from 2010; Historic File Viewer scanned property records from 1847; O&G lease alert available.

  • CountyRecords.comAggregatorFree · Register
    Index—Images—

    halFILE host (deeds, liens, mineral leases, releases); free sign-up to search. Lavaca coverage span not published on the page.

  • Allied Title Company (Hallettsville)Title PlantIn Person
    Index—Images—

    In-county title/settlement company at the county seat (serves all of Lavaca). Whether it maintains its own indexed plant vs working off a regional plant is unverified — phone verify.

    109 N Main St, Hallettsville · 361-798-3221

  • Lavaca 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).

    361-798-4396

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

    Lavaca is in RRC District 02 (Gulf Coast / Eagle Ford gas window).

    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, Republic of Texas + State patents, indexed by grant not recording date. Lavaca minerals are predominantly fee/private — no active PSF/RAL state minerals.

  • 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

Other Eagle Ford counties

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05 · Sources & accuracy