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McKinley County records

In McKinley 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 4, 2026
Last verified
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Drilling permits · last 90 days
9
Record sources verified

01 · The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeNM · MCKINLEY
County Clerk
McKinley County Clerk's Office
Address
207 W Hill Ave, Gallup, NM 87301
Phone
505-863-6866
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00 (counter to 4:30)
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 4, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.mckinley.nm.us/190/County-Clerk

Phone505-863-6866

HoursMon–Fri 8:00–5:00 (counter to 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.

  • BIA Navajo Region — Land Titles & Records Office (LTRO)Tribal · BIAIn Person

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

    ROLE: office of record for trust TITLE + Title Status Reports (TSRs) by request.

    301 W Hill St, Gallup · 505-863-8314

  • BIA Eastern Navajo Agency — Branch of RealtyTribal · BIAIn Person

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

    ROLE: leasing of individual Navajo ALLOTTED minerals (checkerboard).

    PO Box 328, Crownpoint · 505-786-6121

  • BLM Mineral & Land Records System (MLRS) / Farmington FOFederal · BLMOfficial · Free

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

    Federal O&G leases, San Juan Basin; case/serial-keyed.

    BLM Farmington FO, 6251 College Blvd, 505-564-7600

  • NM State Land Office — SLOConnectState Land OfficeOfficial · Free

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

    Statewide; township-range-section keyed.

    State Trust leases by lease/OGRID/STR

  • McKinley County Clerk — online recorded documents (EagleWeb/Tyler)County PortalOfficial · SubscriptionFree in person
    Index—Images—

    Images FREE in person, PAID online (inPersonFree=true). Start-year unpublished.

    505-863-6866. NETR: 'By Subscription Only'; live deep-link not re-confirmed (NETR's URL 404'd) — verify before publish.

  • McKinley County Clerk — in-person public terminalIn PersonIn Person
    Index—Images—

    207 W Hill Ave, Gallup · 505-863-6866 · copies $1.00, cert $3.00, emailed image $0.50

  • NM Oil Conservation Division (OCD) — well records / OCD HubOCDOfficial · Free
    Index—Images—

    NM equivalent of the TX RRC.

    OCD home https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/ocd/

  • Gallup Title Company (NM Land & Title, Inc.)Title PlantIn Person
    Index—Images—

    nmltco.com (NM Land & Title) — same plant as the former Gallup Title Company (one address + phone); do not double-count.

    308 S Second St, Gallup · 505-722-4313

  • NETR Online (research anchor)DirectoryFree

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

    Verified ABSENCES: TexasFile (TX-only); CourthouseDirect 'we do not provide services for this county.'

03 · How to pull the records

Pulling the records

  1. 01

    Start with the sovereign layer. In New Mexico much of the mineral estate is state, federal, or tribal — so the courthouse is often not the recording office.

  2. 02

    State-trust minerals are leased through the NM State Land Office (SLOConnect); federal minerals through the BLM; tribal and allotted minerals through the BIA agency of record.

  3. 03

    The county clerk records fee-land deeds and leases; the Oil Conservation Division carries well and lease records. New Mexico assessors value surface, not minerals, so they carry no mineral accounts.

  4. 04

    Title and abstract work runs through the local plant. Online hosts mirror parts of the index for convenience — check the coverage dates on each before relying on it.

04 · Nearby counties

Other San Juan Basin counties

More counties are being verified and published. Browse the full directory for every county we've mapped so far.

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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.

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05 · Sources & accuracy