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Winkler County records

Every place Winkler 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.

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Jun 8, 2026
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Drilling permits · last 90 days
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Record sources verified

The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · WINKLER
County Clerk
Winkler County Clerk
Address
100 E Winkler St, Kermit, TX 79745 (mail: PO Box 1007)
Phone
432-586-3401
Hours
Mon–Thu 8:00–5:30, Fri 8:00–12:00
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.co.winkler.tx.us/193/County-Clerk

Phone432-586-3401

HoursMon–Thu 8:00–5:30, Fri 8:00–12:00

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 Index

    IndexImages

    Powered by Tyler Technologies (tylerhost.net Self-Service). Free index search; document images/copies at cost. The clerk's index runs from 1883 (see aggregators).

    432-586-3401

  • In PersonWinkler County Clerk: recording desk (in person)
    In Person

    Index1883–presentImages1883–present

    Clerk index runs from 1883 (Winkler created 1887, organized 1910; records reach 1883 per aggregators). Office Mon–Thu 8–5:30, Fri 8–12.

    100 E Winkler St, Kermit · 432-586-3401 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg · recording $25.00 first page, $4.00 each addl

  • AggregatorTexasFile
    Free Index

    Index1883–presentImages2018–present

    Full index from 1883; linked document images from 2018; online mineral-owner search 2013–2021 (closed).

  • Free · Register

    Index1926–presentImages

    halFILE plant: Official Records 1926→present (~277,200 documents). Free sign-up.

  • Subscription

    Index1910–presentImages1883–present

    Online grantor/grantee index from 1910; document images from 1965; Historic File Viewer scanned property records from 1883.

  • Title PlantStewart Title (Kermit)
    In Person

    IndexImages

    In-county Stewart Title office (Kermit) holding the former Winkler County title plant (from the Tirey plants, acquired 1999). Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    107 E Winkler St, Kermit · 432-586-2188

  • In Person

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

    Winkler is one of the 1883 University Lands (PUF) addition counties: PUF state minerals lease through University Lands (UT System sovereign, distinct from the GLO), not county-recorded. Tract/lease-keyed.

    University Lands, Midland

  • Official · Free

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

    Minerals account-keyed.

    107 E Winkler St, Kermit · 432-586-2832

  • Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    Winkler is in RRC District 08 (Permian / Delaware Basin).

    records@rrc.texas.gov

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

    Sovereignty/root-of-title; indexed by grant, not recording date.

  • Free

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

Records tell you who owned it. Permits tell you who wants it.

Once you know where WinklerCounty 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.