Concho County Property Records

Concho County property records are filed with the County Clerk in Paint Rock, Texas. Deeds, deeds of trust, liens, oil and gas leases, and other real property documents are all part of the official record kept by this office. You can search records online through the LGS Online Solutions portal or through TexasFile for index and image access. The county is rural and sparsely populated, but property records go back to the county's organization in 1879. Whether you need to verify ownership or trace a title, the Concho County Clerk maintains the records you need.

Concho County Clerk Records Office

The Concho County Clerk is Amber Hall. The office is at 152 N. Roberts, Paint Rock, TX 76866. Mailing address: PO Box 98, Paint Rock, TX 76866. Phone: (325) 732-4322. Fax: (325) 732-2040. Email: ahall@co.concho.tx.us. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Concho County Clerk website has contact details and information about available services.

In Concho County, the County Clerk also serves as the District Clerk. This combined role is common in smaller Texas counties. The office handles recording of real property documents, probate matters, county court cases, vital records, and marriage licenses. Records maintained include deeds, deeds of trust, liens, probates, divorces, and judgments. Oil and gas lease records are also filed here, which is especially relevant given the area's energy production history.

Online access to Concho County deed records is available through the LGS Online Solutions portal. All digitized records are accessible online. TexasFile provides a free grantor-grantee and property search index for Concho County with subscription access to document images from 1989 to present. You can search by name, date, document type, and instrument number through paid subscription services.

Recording fees as of the 2024-2025 fee schedule are $25.00 for the first page and $4.00 for each additional page. These fees are set under the Texas Local Government Code and apply to standard recorded instruments.

Note: Concho County records date to 1879 with no known major courthouse fires or record losses, making this an intact county record set for historical title research.

The county website links to online search portals and provides contact details for the clerk's office in Paint Rock.

Searching Concho County Property Documents

To look up property records in Concho County, start with the online index through TexasFile. The grantor-grantee index lists documents by the names of the parties involved. Search by last name first, or use partial name matching to find records. Once you identify the documents you need, you can view full images with a subscription or order copies from the clerk's office.

Records available include deeds, deeds of trust, liens, releases, plats, assumed name certificates, UCC filings, and federal tax liens. Birth and death records from 1903 to present are also maintained at this office. Marriage licenses have been issued since the county's organization. If you need older records from before the county was organized in 1879, you may need to look in McCulloch County or San Saba County records, which were the source counties for Concho County.

The county was created in 1858 and organized in 1879. Paint Rock, the county seat, is named for the distinctive rock formations with Indian pictographs in the area. Early records may also be found through FamilySearch, which has some historical Concho County documents useful for genealogical research. The Texas General Land Office has original land grant records for the area predating county organization.

Concho County Appraisal District

The Concho County Appraisal District is headed by Chief Appraiser D'Andra Warlick. The office is at P.O. Box 68, Paint Rock, TX 76866. Phone: (325) 732-4389. Fax: (325) 732-4234. The appraisal district sets assessed values for all taxable property in the county, including ranch land, farm tracts, residential properties, and commercial parcels.

Property tax assessments and valuations are maintained for all taxable property. Exemption applications are processed here, including homestead exemptions, over-65 exemptions, disabled veteran exemptions, and agricultural appraisals. Agricultural use appraisal under the Texas Tax Code can significantly reduce the taxable value of ranch and farm land in Concho County, which is primarily agricultural in character.

GIS mapping is available through the appraisal district for property boundary review. Property ownership records are updated annually. If you dispute your appraisal, you can file a protest with the Appraisal Review Board. The Texas Tax Code governs the protest process and sets deadlines, procedures, and remedies available to property owners.

Oil, Gas, and Mineral Records

Concho County is part of an area with oil and gas production, and mineral records are an important part of the public record here. Oil and gas leases, assignments, and related documents are filed with the County Clerk and appear in the same grantor-grantee index as surface deeds. If you're researching mineral ownership, you need to trace both the surface chain of title and any mineral severances or leases in the records.

A mineral interest can be severed from the surface estate through a deed that reserves or conveys the minerals separately. Once severed, the mineral interest becomes a separate piece of real property that can be bought, sold, and leased independently of the surface. In areas like Concho County where production has occurred, there may be multiple parties with fractional mineral interests in a single tract. Finding all of them requires a careful search of the deed records and lease records.

Federal tax liens and UCC filings are also recorded at the County Clerk's office. Federal tax liens attach to all real and personal property of the debtor and are filed with the county clerk where the debtor resides or where the property is located. A title search for any commercial property or loan transaction should include a search for federal and state tax liens as well as judgment liens.

Note: The Texas General Land Office holds original land grant records for Concho County's area, and these predate the county clerk's records for properties patented before 1879.

Public Access and Texas Recording Law

All records filed with the Concho County Clerk are public records under Texas law. The Texas Public Information Act guarantees the right to inspect and copy public records. The clerk's office must respond to requests within 10 business days. Most routine property record requests can be handled quickly without a formal written request.

Under the Texas Property Code, documents affecting title to real property must be recorded in the county where the property is located to provide constructive notice to the public. An unrecorded deed is valid between the parties but may not be enforceable against a later buyer or lender who has no notice of it. This recording requirement is why it is important to file documents promptly after a real estate closing.

The Texas homestead exemption offers strong protection for primary residences. Under Article XVI of the Texas Constitution, a homestead is protected from forced sale by most creditors. For rural areas like Concho County, the homestead can include up to 200 acres for a family. Homestead protection does not apply to property taxes, mechanic's liens for work done on the property, or liens created for the purchase of the home.

Nearby Counties

Concho County is in west-central Texas and borders several rural counties in the region.