"There shall be elected for each county, by the qualified voters, a County Clerk, who shall hold his office for four years, who shall be clerk of the County and Commissioners Courts and recorder of the county, whose duties, perquisites and fees of office shall be prescribed by the Legislature, and a vacancy in whose office shall be filled by the Commissioners Court, until the next general election; provided, that in counties having a population of less than 8,000 persons there may bean election of a single Clerk, who shall perform the duties of District and County Clerks."
In addition to serving as the clerk for the county court and the county commissioners court, a county clerk records and keeps records pertaining to the county courts, real and personal property, and personal records. Other responsibilities include recording vital statistics, issuing marriage licenses, and administering other miscellaneous licensing and recording requirements.
Important note concerning redaction: Our OPR documents are now available for viewing online. For your privacy we have partially redacted information such as Social Security Numbers, Bank account numbers, etc. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ORIGINAL documents have not been marked in anyway. We have Automatic Redaction software which creates a copy of your document and redacts that while leaving the original document unmarked. This software will also speed up the process, but there are still instances when we have to redact manually. Should you see your social security number on a document and wish to have it redacted (removed) we have 2 forms, one to remove your number from Court Forms and a second one to remove it from All Other Forms. Please fill out the forms and mail them to the address above.
All E-Filings requiring service shall be submitted by 3:30 p.m. (cst).