- County Clerk
- Wise County Clerk
- Address
- 200 N Trinity St, Decatur, TX 76234 (mail: PO Box 359)
- Phone
- 940-627-3351
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00 (records room to 4:30)
- In-county title plant
- Yes
Verified Jun 14, 2026
Wise County records
Every place Wise 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
- 10
- Drilling permits · last 90 days
- 9
- Record sources verified
The county clerk
Clerk office and title company
Office
Official pagewww.co.wise.tx.us/153/County-Clerk
Phone940-627-3351
HoursMon–Fri 8:00–5:00 (records room to 4:30)
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
Tyler-hosted clerk portal (wisecountytx-web.tylerhost.net) + KoFile Quicklinks. Self-Service Portal: documents from 08/01/1982; deed records Sovereignty–1927 also available online. NETR notes website access (no subscription); image pricing not published.
940-627-3351
- In PersonWise County Clerk: recording desk (in person)In Person
Office of record; full back-file in person. Records Room Mon–Fri 8:00–4:30.
200 N Trinity St, Decatur · 940-627-3351 · copies $1.00/pg, cert $5.00 + $1.00/pg
- AggregatorTexasFileFree Index
Grantor/grantee index from 08/1883 (vols 1–75, 1883–1912; vols 76–434, 1912–1982); document-image start not separately published on the coverage page; plat maps 1900–2026; O&G lease records vols 2–246, 1912–1982; mineral-ownership data 2013–2021 (closed). Free login to search; images at cost.
- AggregatorCourthouseDirect.comSubscription
Online grantor/grantee index from 1982, document images from 2003; Historic File Viewer: historical index 1843–1982, property 1856–1993, back plats 1935–1989, O&G documents 1945–2013, probates from 1900; title-plant search from 1979. Weekly updates.
- Title PlantWise County Title CompanyIn Person
In-county Decatur abstract/title plant (est. as Wise County Abstract Co. 1878, the oldest business in the county); maintains a PUBLIC title plant indexing all Wise County Clerk + District Clerk documents. Plant index = sovereignty/patent to present.
405 Park West Ct, Decatur · 940-627-3581
- Appraisal District (CAD)Wise County Appraisal District: mineral accountsOfficial · Free
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Barnett gas mineral interests on the CAD roll; account-keyed (not recording-date indexed).
940-627-3081
- Official · Free
Wise is in RRC District 09 (Fort Worth Basin / Barnett Shale, the play's birthplace).
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. Minerals predominantly fee/private, no PSF/RAL.
- DirectoryNETR OnlineFree
Statewide system, indexed by lease / township-range / account, not recording date.
Pointer/directory; clerk online = Tyler Host (wisecountytx-web.tylerhost.net) + KoFile.
Nearby counties
Other Barnett counties
Records tell you who owned it. Permits tell you who wants it.
Once you know where WiseCounty 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.