Houston County Recorder Information

The County Clerk is responsible for recording and maintaining real property records.

These government fees are separate from any Deeds.com service fees. Confirm current charges with the recorder's office.

Abstracts of Judgment and Releases; Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Oil and Gas Leases, Mechanic Liens, Releases of Liens, Affidavits, Powers of Attorney, Lis Pendens, Bills of Sale, State Tax Liens and Releases; Tax Certificates, are some of the general documents filed in the Official Public Records

$25.00 - first page of a Real Property Record (includes all surcharges)
$4.00 - each additional page
$0.25 - each additional name to be indexed in excess of 5

FEES FOR RECORDING:
Pages.....................Fees
1----------------$25.00
2----------------$29.00
3- --------------$33.00
4- --------------$36.00
5----------------$40.00

Federal Tax Lien/Release of Lien
Recording Fee Property Code 14.005--$10.00
Record Management Local Government Code 118.011(b)(2)--$10.00
Record Archive Local Government Code 118.011(f)(1)--$10.00
TOTAL $30.00

State Tax Lien/Release of Lien
Recording Fee Local Government Code 118.011(a)(2)--$5.00
Records Management Local Government Code 118.011(b)(2)--$10.00
(Archive Fee cannot be charged to State) TOTAL (first page)--$15.00

If the grantee's address is not listed on the document, a fee of $25 or twice the regular filing fee, whichever is greater, will be charged.

An instrument that needs to be recorded in two records will be charged double the filing fee.

Non certified copy per page or part of a page LGC 118.0145---$1.00
Non Certified 11 x 17 Double Letter per page-LGC 118.011(c)---$2.00
Non Certified 24 x 36 Plat or Map per page-LGC 118.011(c)---$5.00
Certification Fee for whole document -LGC 118.014---$5.00 (plus additional $1.00 per page)
Military Discharge -DD214 (Plain or CC)-LGC 192.002(b)---No Charge

Fees are subject to change without notice. For the most current fees and further information, contact the County Clerk directly.

Confirm current requirements with the recorder's office before submitting documents.

* A page is considered to be one side of a sheet of paper. Documents should be no wider than 8.5 inches and no longer than 14 inches. It should be of sufficient weight (20 pound) so that printing, typing, or handwriting will not bleed through or smear.

* The font size should be at least 8 point. For best results, black ink should be used. Printing, typing, or handwriting must be clearly legible.

* A clearly identifying label or heading must be at the top of the first
page.

* Names must be legibly printed or typed beneath signatures.

* All photocopies, Photostats, and other types of reproduction must have black printing, typing, or handwriting on a white background. These are commonly known as positive prints.

* Riders and attachments included with a document must comply with the size requirements. Only one rider or attachment may be included in or attached to a page.

* Instruments must be signed and acknowledged by the grantor in the presence of two or more credible witnesses or acknowledged or sworn to before and certified by an officer authorized to take acknowledgments or oaths.

* Instruments executed after December 31, 1981 that convey an interest in real property must have the mailing address of each grantee that appears in the instrument, or in a separate writing signed by the grantor or grantee and attached to the instrument.

* A seller of residential real property comprising not more than one dwelling unit in the state shall give to the purchaser of the property a written notice as prescribed by section 5.008 of the Texas Statutes. The purchaser and the seller need to sign this form.

* Any document that transfers an interest in real property must include the following "Notice of Confidentiality Rights:" NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY RIGHTS: IF YOU ARE A NATURAL PERSON, YOU MAY REMOVE OR STRIKE ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM ANY INSTRUMENT THAT TRANSFERS AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY BEFORE IT IS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS: YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER.