The County Clerk is the
county recorder. As county recorder, the County Clerk is
responsible for:
processing, filing, and
recording most of the official county
documents (i.e.) real and
personal property records, liens, assumed names,
abstracts, bonds, livestock
marks and brands, city, county and school district
budgets, subdivision plats,
military discharges, marriage licenses, birth and
death certificates, and wills, providing
indexing and public access to these
records, issuing certified and non-certified copies
of any documents recorded in
this office, and assessing, collecting, and reporting the
fees and cost
The County Clerk is also the
records administrator for Commissioners Court and
the County Courts at Law. The
clerk's office supplies support personnel for civil,
criminal, probate, mental,
and juvenile court matters. Also, as an ex-officio
member
of Commissioners Court, the County Clerk serves as recorder
and records manager.