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Yoakum County records

Every place Yoakum 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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The county clerk

Clerk office and title company

Clerk · OfficeTX · YOAKUM
County Clerk
Yoakum County Clerk
Address
Cowboy Way & Avenue G (Yoakum County Courthouse), Plains, TX 79355 (mail: PO Box 309)
Phone
806-456-7491
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–5:00
In-county title plant
Yes

Verified Jun 8, 2026

Office

Official pagewww.yoakumcounty.gov/page/yoakum.county.clerk

Phone806-456-7491

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.

  • County PortalYoakum County Clerk: Self-Service Web (Tyler)
    Official · Free Index

    Index1986–presentImages–

    Tyler self-service portal (tylerhost.net). Free index search; document images at cost. Consolidated Official Public Records index from 1986; older deed books in person.

    806-456-7491

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

    Index–Images–

    Yoakum organized 1907; the courthouse back-file holds the deed books, with the digitized full index from 1986. Office Mon–Fri 8–5.

    Cowboy Way & Avenue G, Plains · 806-456-7491

  • AggregatorTexasFile
    Free Index

    Index1986–presentImages–

    Full index from 09/1986; linked document images coming soon.

  • AggregatorCountyRecords.com
    Free · Register

    Index1986–presentImages–

    halFILE plant: Official Records 1986→present (~136,400 documents). Free sign-up.

  • AggregatorCourthouseDirect.com
    Subscription

    Index1986–presentImages1986–present

    Online document images from 1999; Historic File Viewer scanned grantor/grantee index + property records from 1986.

  • Title PlantYoakum County Title (formerly Yoakum County Abstract Co.)
    In Person

    Index–Images–

    In-county Plains title/abstract plant (across from the courthouse). Start = sovereignty/patent, not a published index date.

    630 Cowboy Way, Plains · 806-456-2615

  • Appraisal District (CAD)Yoakum County Appraisal District: mineral accounts
    Official · Free

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

    Minerals account-keyed.

    500 Cowboy Way, Plains · 806-456-7101

  • RRCRailroad Commission of Texas: well/lease records (Dist. 8A)
    Official · Free

    Index1964–presentImages1964–present

    Yoakum is in RRC District 8A (Lubbock area).

    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; Public School Land surveys + State patents, indexed by grant not recording date.

  • DirectoryNETR Online
    Free

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

    Pointer/directory, not a record host.

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