Gonzales County Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Form

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Gonzales County Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Form

Gonzales County Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Form

Fill in the blank Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) form formatted to comply with all Texas recording and content requirements.

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Gonzales County Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Guide

Gonzales County Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Guide

Line by line guide explaining every blank on the Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) form.

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Gonzales County Completed Example of the Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Document

Gonzales County Completed Example of the Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) Document

Example of a properly completed Texas Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) document for reference.

Document Last Validated 7/18/2026

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Important: Your property must be located in Gonzales County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Clerk Office - Randle Rather Building Annex

Address:
427 Saint George Street, STE 200
Gonzales, Texas 78629

Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

Phone: (830) 672-2801

Recording Tips for Gonzales County:
  • Documents must be on 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
  • Bring extra funds - fees can vary by document type and page count
  • Make copies of your documents before recording - keep originals safe
  • Leave recording info boxes blank - the office fills these
  • Recording fees may differ from what's posted online - verify current rates

Cities and Jurisdictions in Gonzales County

Properties in any of these areas use Gonzales County forms:

  • Belmont
  • Cost
  • Gonzales
  • Harwood
  • Leesville
  • Nixon
  • Ottine
  • Smiley
  • Waelder
  • Wrightsboro

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Hours, fees, requirements, and more for Gonzales County

How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Gonzales County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Gonzales County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Gonzales County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Gonzales County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Gonzales County?

Recording fees in Gonzales County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (830) 672-2801 for current fees.

Questions answered? Let's get started!

A mineral interest can change hands many times across leases, partial sales, and inherited fractions, and the grantor signing it over today rarely knows what every prior owner did to the title. The Texas mineral deed with a special warranty is built for that reality: the grantor conveys the oil, gas, and other minerals it owns and stands behind the title for its own period of ownership, leaving the deeper history to the records. This form prepares that deed under Chapter 5 of the Texas Property Code.

A warranty that stops at the grantor's own ownership

A general warranty defends the title against every lawful claim, whenever it arose. A special warranty is narrower: the grantor warrants and forever defends the title only against claims arising by, through, or under the grantor, and not otherwise. The Supreme Court of Texas described that scope in Chicago Title Insurance Co. v. Cochran Investments, noting that without the limitation a special warranty deed effectively becomes a general warranty deed. The interest conveyed is identical either way; only the reach of the title promise changes, which is why this warranty is common between businesses and in transactions where the grantor will not vouch for the older chain.

What a mineral interest actually is

Texas treats the mineral estate as a bundle of separable rights, often called the five sticks: the right to lease, the right to develop the land through ingress and egress, and the rights to bonus, delay rentals, and royalty. A mineral deed conveys those rights in the fraction the deed names, together with the right of ingress and egress to develop the minerals, and the form states the interest precisely, as a fraction or decimal, in net mineral acres, and with any limit by depth, formation, or substance. Under Texas law oil, gas, and other minerals reaches oil, gas, uranium, sulphur, and salt, and not limestone, caliche, surface shale, building stone, sand, gravel, or water. The deed uses the words of grant the Texas statute recognizes, grants, sells, and conveys, so it conveys the interest itself; an instrument that passes only right, title, and interest reads instead as a quitclaim, which sits in the chain of title differently.

Leases, signing, and recording

Most producing minerals are already under an oil and gas lease, and a mineral deed usually conveys the interest subject to that lease, carrying the corresponding share of bonus, rentals, and royalty; the form identifies the lease and lists what the grantor reserves. The grantor signs before a notary, and an entity grantor signs through an authorized individual whose name and capacity appear on the deed. A separate line lets a non-owner spouse join where the minerals are part of homestead property, the situation Texas Family Code Section 5.001 reaches. The deed is recorded with the county clerk of the county where the land is located; Senate Bill 16 added a photo identification requirement for instruments presented in person for filing on or after December 4, 2025.

The package includes the deed as a fillable PDF, a completed example on a realistic Reeves County fact pattern, and a plain-language guide that walks through every numbered section. The materials are informational and are not legal advice; a Texas attorney can address how these rules apply to a specific mineral interest and transaction.

Important: Your property must be located in Gonzales County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Mineral Deed (Special Warranty) meets all recording requirements specific to Gonzales County.

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The documents you receive here are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable Gonzales County recording format requirements. If there is a rejection caused by our formatting, we will correct the issue or refund your payment. This guarantee applies to document formatting only and does not extend to information entered by the user, the selection of the form, or the legal effect of the completed document.

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