Where are oil and gas records filed in Shelby County, Texas?

Shelby County Clerk records deeds, leases, and assignments for Shelby County, Texas. They are searchable through Shelby County Clerk: Web Access (official online records).

Are Shelby County minerals recorded at the courthouse?

Original-grant East Texas, Shelby was one of the original municipalities of the Republic (1836). Minerals are predominantly fee/privately owned and county-recorded; no state PSF/RAL, federal/BLM, or tribal mineral estate verified. Root-of-title traces to GLO land grants. Carthage / Haynesville–Bossier gas (RRC Dist. 06).

How many record sources are verified for Shelby County?

9 record sources are verified for Shelby County as of Jun 14, 2026, including 4 official sources with a free index.

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Shelby County records

Every place Shelby 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.

See the sources

Texas · Public record · Every field traces to a source

Jun 14, 2026: Last verified
14: Drilling permits · last 90 days
9: Record sources verified

The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · SHELBY

County Clerk: Shelby County Clerk
Address: 124 Austin St, Center, TX 75935 (mail: PO Box 1987)
Phone: 936-598-6361
Hours: Mon–Fri 8:00–4:30
In-county title plant: Yes

Verified Jun 14, 2026

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.

County PortalShelby County Clerk: Web Access (official online records)
Official · Free Index
Index–Images–
County-hosted clerk web access (Harris Recording Solutions). Plain-HTTP site, so browsers show a "Not secure" badge, but it is the county's live portal. Coverage years not published; tier shown is the standard county-clerk-web-access model.
936-598-6361
In PersonShelby County Clerk: recording desk (in person)
In Person
Index–Images–
Office of record; full back-file in person.
124 Austin St, Center · 936-598-6361 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg
AggregatorTexasFile
Free Index
Index1882–presentImages2013–present
Full grantor/grantee index from 1882; document images from 2013; a CLOSED mineral-ownership span 2013–2021 (not current). Free login to search; images at cost.
AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
Subscription
Index2009–presentImages2010–present
Online grantor/grantee index from 2009; document images from 2010; O&G lease alert available. Shallower than TexasFile (1882).
Title PlantElliott & Waldron / Shelby County Title, Inc.
In Person
Index–Images–
In-county abstract/title plant in Center (Elliott & Waldron). Plant index runs from sovereignty/patent; exact start year unpublished, call to confirm coverage.
413 Shelbyville St, Center · 936-598-2971
Appraisal District (CAD)Shelby County Appraisal District: mineral accounts
Official · Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Mineral accounts; account-keyed (not recording-date indexed).
724 Shelbyville St, Center · 936-598-6171
RRCRailroad Commission of Texas: well/lease records (Dist. 06)
Official · Free
Index1964–presentImages1964–present
Shelby is in RRC District 06 (East Texas; Carthage / Haynesville–Bossier gas).
records@rrc.texas.gov
State Land OfficeTexas GLO Land Grant Database (root-of-title patents)
Official · Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Sovereignty/root-of-title; Spanish/Mexican + Republic of Texas grants, indexed by grant not recording date. Shelby minerals are predominantly fee/private, no active PSF/RAL state minerals.
DirectoryNETR Online
Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Pointer/directory; clerk online = 'Go to Data Online' (cc.co.shelby.tx.us).

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