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.
01 · The county clerk
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
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.
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 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
Full index from 1918; plat maps from 1900.
halFILE plant — Official Records 1877→present (~367,600 documents). Free sign-up.
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.
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
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
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
Start with the county clerk — the online portal or the recording desk. Deeds, leases, and assignments are filed there by recording date.
For mineral ownership, the county appraisal district carries mineral accounts; the Railroad Commission carries well and lease records.
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.
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
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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