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Lea County records

In Lea 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 8, 2026
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The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeNM · LEA
County Clerk
Lea County Clerk
Address
100 N Main Ave, Suite 1C, Lovington, NM 88260
Phone
575-396-8619
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00 (closed most federal holidays)
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.leacounty.gov/177/Lea-County-Clerk

Phone575-396-8619

HoursMon–Fri 8:00–5:00 (closed most federal holidays)

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. Lea has extensive state-trust mineral acreage.

    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. Lea carries substantial federal O&G acreage.

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

  • County PortalLea County Clerk: Clerk Lookup (county-hosted)
    Official · Free

    Index–Images–

    County-hosted free public search: by reception number, grantor/grantee, book & page, marriage, probate, or scanned index. The clerk publishes scanned Grantor/Grantee index books 1917–1981 online; current records via the search portal (NM clerk records are permanent/public by statute).

    575-396-8619

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

    Index–Images–

    NM clerk land records are permanent/public; earliest in-person index year not published on the county site (aggregators below show indexing from 1884).

    100 N Main Ave, Suite 1C, Lovington · 575-396-8619 · copies: 5 or fewer free, then $0.50 ea · recording $25 per 10 indexed entries (NMSA 14-8-15B)

  • Title PlantElliott & Waldron Title & Abstract Co., Inc.
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    In-county O&G title plant: geographic index with document images of the Lea County Clerk's records (offices in Lovington + Hobbs). Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    115 E Washington Ave, Lovington · 575-396-5846 · also 1819 N Turner Ste B, Hobbs · 575-393-7706

  • Title PlantLea County Abstract & Title Co.
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    Second in-county Lovington title/abstract plant. Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    202 S Love St, Lovington · 575-396-2912

  • AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
    Subscription

    Index1988–presentImages1988–present

    Online grantor/grantee index & document images (Historic File Viewer) from 1988.

  • AggregatorCountyRecords.com
    Free · Register

    Index1884–presentImages–

    halFILE plant: Property Records 1884→present (~1,252,000 documents). Free sign-up.

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

    Index–Images–

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

    NMOCD, EMNRD, Santa Fe

  • County AssessorLea County Assessor
    Official · Free

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

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

    100 N Main, Suite 2, Lovington · 575-396-8626

  • DirectoryNETR Online
    Free

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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