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Live Oak County records

Every place Live Oak 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.

Texas · Public record · Every field traces to a source

Jun 8, 2026
Last verified
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Record sources verified

01 · The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · LIVE OAK
County Clerk
Live Oak County Clerk
Address
301 Houston St, Rm 105, George West, TX 78022 (mail: PO Box 280)
Phone
361-449-2733
Hours
Mon–Thu 8:00–5:00, Fri 8:00–4:00 (recording cutoff 4:30 Mon–Thu, 3:30 Fri)
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.live-oak.tx.us/page/liveoak.County.Clerk

Phone361-449-2733

HoursMon–Thu 8:00–5:00, Fri 8:00–4:00 (recording cutoff 4:30 Mon–Thu, 3:30 Fri)

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.

  • Index2004–presentImages

    Official Public Records via TexasLandRecords.com (Avenu / US Land Records 'i2'). Online records from 2004; pre-2004 in the courthouse archives. Free index search; document images by subscription.

    361-449-2733

  • Live Oak County Clerk — recording desk (in person)In PersonIn Person
    Index1856–presentImages1856–present

    Live Oak created 1856; records run from creation (pre-2004 filings in the courthouse archives). Office Mon–Thu 8–5, Fri 8–4.

    301 Houston St, Rm 105, George West · 361-449-2733 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg

  • TexasFileAggregatorFree Index
    Index1918–presentImages

    Full index from 1918; plat maps from 1900.

  • CountyRecords.comAggregatorFree · Register
    Index1877–presentImages

    halFILE plant — Official Records 1877→present (~367,600 documents). Free sign-up.

  • CourthouseDirect.comAggregatorSubscription
    Index2010–presentImages1878–present

    Online document images from 2010; Historic File Viewer scanned collections — grantor/grantee index from 1845 (incl. transcribed parent-county records; Live Oak created 1856), property records from 1878, O&G documents 1955–1965.

  • Live Oak Title Co.Title PlantIn Person
    IndexImages

    In-county George West title/abstract plant (across from the courthouse). Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    300 Houston St, George West · 361-449-1415

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

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

    Minerals valued by Capitol Appraisal Group; account-keyed.

    PO Box 2370, George West · 361-449-2641

  • Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    Live Oak is in RRC District 02 (San Antonio area).

    records@rrc.texas.gov

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

    Sovereignty/root-of-title; Spanish/Mexican-era + Republic/State patents, indexed by grant not recording date.

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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.

Keep the deal documents organized

Scout doesn't run title — that stays with you and your title shop. Once you've pulled the records, Scout keeps the resulting documents (leases, deeds, curative, W-9s) organized against each deal.

05 · Sources & accuracy