- County Clerk
- Tarrant County Clerk
- Address
- 100 W Weatherford St, Rm B-20, Fort Worth, TX 76196
- Phone
- 817-884-1195
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00
- In-county title plant
- Yes
Verified Jun 14, 2026
Tarrant County records
Every place Tarrant 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.
- Jun 14, 2026
- Last verified
- 4
- Drilling permits · last 90 days
- 9
- Record sources verified
The county clerk
Clerk office and title company
Office
Official pagewww.tarrantcountytx.gov/en/county-clerk/real-estate-records.html
Phone817-884-1195
HoursMon–Fri 8:00–5:00
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.
- Official · Free
PublicSearch platform (host = publicsearch.us, the Kofile/Neumo product). FREE name/index search; document images download FREE as a watermarked 'Unofficial Copy' with a free account; certified copies at cost. Records digitized back to the mid-1900s (portal's exact span not published).
817-884-1195
- In PersonTarrant County Clerk: recording desk + Records Research Facility (in person)In Person
Office of record; deeper historical research at the Records Research Facility (200 Taylor St).
Recording: 100 W Weatherford St, Rm B-20, Fort Worth · 817-884-1195. Research: Records Research Facility, 200 Taylor St, Ste 301 · 817-884-1069. Copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00.
- AggregatorTexasFileFree Index
Grantor/grantee index + images from 1943; plat maps from 1889; mineral-ownership data 2013 only (single year). Free login to search; images at cost.
- AggregatorCourthouseDirect.comSubscription
Online grantor/grantee index from 1970, document images from 1971; Historic File Viewer: historical index 1876–1969, back plats 1852–1975, property records 1876–1979, O&G documents from 1952; title-plant search from 1979.
- Title PlantCommercial title plants: Fort Worth metroIn Person
All major underwriters maintain Tarrant title plants (Fort Worth metro); for O&G mineral title, abstract firms such as Campbell & Castillo provide opinions. No single public in-county plant. Engage a commercial plant/abstractor.
- Appraisal District (CAD)Tarrant Appraisal District (TAD): mineral accountsOfficial · Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Barnett gas mineral interests on the TAD roll; account-keyed (not recording-date indexed).
2500 Handley-Ederville Rd, Fort Worth · 817-284-0024
- Official · Free
Tarrant is RRC District 05 (per the RRC county-district table; the Barnett play spans Districts 05/7B/09).
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; Peters Colony empresario grants + Republic/State patents, indexed by grant not recording date. Tarrant minerals are predominantly fee/private (urban Barnett), no PSF/RAL.
- DirectoryNETR OnlineFree
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Pointer/directory; clerk online = tarrant.tx.publicsearch.us (PublicSearch).
Records tell you who owned it. Permits tell you who wants it.
Once you know where TarrantCounty keeps its index, the M&A archive traces the operators on those instruments back through their acquisitions, and the drilling permits filed here show who is active right now. Both are free.