How to Search for Property Titles in Texas
- 1). Locate the county clerk's office in the county in which the property is located. If you are unsure, conduct an online search for the name of the town plus with word "county."
- 2). Visit the clerk's office and ask to conduct a search on property titles. The clerk will explain how the records are organized. Texas records are indexed by grantor and grantee in some counties and by legal description in others.
- 3). Search the records. Grantor and grantee indexes require you to know the name of either the buyer or seller in order to search for property titles. Indexes organized by legal description require you to know the legal description or an address which the clerk can convert into a legal description.
- 4). View the property titles you locate.
- 1). Locate the clerk's office in the county in which the property is located. If you are unsure, conduct an online search for the name of the town plus with word "county."
- 2). Locate the search area of the county's website. Enter the name of the grantor or grantee in the spaces provided. You can also enter the file number if you know it on some websites.
- 3). Click "search" to conduct the search and view the results. Many sites provide most of the following information: document number, file number, names of the grantor and grantee, legal description, book and page where the title is located and microfilm code.
- 4). View the document online if the service allows that. If it does not, record the information to take to the clerk's office to view the documents.