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The Real Property Department records documents pertaining to real property or real estate in Harris County.

The Harris County Clerk’s Office has the ministerial duty to accept a document for recording if a statute authorizes, requires, and permits it to be filed.

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Harris County Clerk Fee Schedule

Real Property Filing Fee per Texas Local Government Code Section. 118.011:
$25.00 for the first page
$4.00 for each additional page
$0.25 for each name in excess of five name that has to be indexed

Grantee's Address

Per Texas Property Code Section. 11.003.

  1. An instrument executed after December 31, 1981, conveying an interest in real property may not be recorded unless:
  1. a mailing address of each grantee appears in the instrument or in a separate writing signed by the grantor or grantee and attached to the instrument; or
  2. a penalty filing fee equal to the greater of $25 or twice the statutory recording fee for the instrument is paid.
  1. The validity of a conveyance as between the parties is not affected by a failure to include an address of each grantee in the instrument or an attached writing.
  2. Payment of a filing fee and acceptance of the instrument by the county clerk for recording creates a conclusive presumption that the requirements of this section have been met.

Real Property Fee Schedule

Filing fees for documents no larger than 8 ½” x 14”
Local Government Code Chapters 118 and 291

First Page Fee$5.00
Archive Fee$10.00
Management Fee$10.00
Additional Page Fee$4.00 each page
Additional Name Fee$0.25 each name over five (5) indexed

Copy fees for documents no larger than 8 ½ “x14”

Certified Paper Copy$5.00 + $1.00 each page
Plain Paper Copy$1.00 each page

Map filing fees no larger than 40” x 72”

Per mylar sheet$50.00
Tax cert. per plat$10.00

Condominium filing fees

Each sheet$10.00

Copy fees for Map and Condominium records 24” x 36”

Certified Paper Copy$15.00 each page
Plain Paper Copy$10.00 each page

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Real Property Department can only accept original documents or certified copies of court documents for filing in person, by mail, and electronically. No Xerox copies are accepted for filing. All signatures must be original.

In Person Filing:

Photo I. D. is required per the Local Government Code Section 191.010 (b) (c)

  1. A county clerk in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more may require a person presenting a document in person for filing in the real property records of the county to present a photo identification to the clerk. The clerk may copy the photo identification or record information from the photo identification. The clerk may not charge a person a fee to copy or record the information from a photo identification.
  2. Information copied or recorded from the photo identification is confidential.

By Mail Filing:

Include your original document and remit a cashier’s check or money order made payable to Teneshia Hudspeth, Harris County Clerk, or you may use the Real Property Credit Card Authorization form . Please do not mail cash or personal checks.

Mail to:

Teneshia Hudspeth, Harris County Clerk
Harris County Clerk’s Office
P. O. Box 1525
Houston, TX 77251-1525

E-Recording Filing:

E-recorded documents are acceptable if they are submitted through an eRecord Provider. Per the Local Government Code Section 195.003.

  1. The following persons may file electronic documents or other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter:
  1. an attorney licensed in this state;
  2. a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States or this state;
  3. a federally chartered lending institution, a federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the United States to make federally insured loans;
  4. a person licensed to make regulated loans in this state;
  5. a title insurance company or title insurance agent licensed to do business in this state;
  6. an agency of this state; or
  7. a municipal clerk.

The Harris County Clerk's office cannot accept electronically submitted Real Property documents except through our e-recording system. To set up e-recording with Real Property, you must first choose a vendor and verify that the chosen vendor will submit documents. All of our documents we receive must go through an eRecord Provider who currently submits to Harris County. Below is a partial list of known vendors you could choose from.

Corporation Service Company
(866) 652-0111
erecording@cscglobal.com
www.erecording.com

eRecording Partners Network
(888) 325-3365
www.erecordingpartners.net

All Real Property documents submitted to be e-recorded with the Harris County Clerk’s Office must be placed in the queue before 2:00 p.m. central standard time in order to be processed the same business day. All other documents placed in the queue will be processed the next business day.

Real Property FAQ

Where can I file my Release of Lien?

Releases of Liens can be filed in person or by mail in the Real Property Department. The nine annex offices can accept them for filing, however it may take 5 -7 business days to be filed based upon delivery of the work to the downtown office.

CAN I FILE A REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY?

E-recorded documents are acceptable if they are submitted through an eRecord Provider. Per the Local Government Code Section 195.003.


Local Government Code
Title 6; SubTitle B; Chapter 195;
Section. 195.003. Persons Authorized to File Electronically.

  1. The following persons may file electronic documents or other documents electronically for recording with a county clerk that accepts electronic filing and recording under this chapter:
  1. an attorney licensed in this state;
  2. a bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union doing business under laws of the United States or this state;
  3. a federally chartered lending institution, a federal government-sponsored entity, an instrumentality of the federal government, or a person approved as a mortgagee by the United States to make federally insured loans;
  4. a person licensed to make regulated loans in this state;
  5. a title insurance company or title insurance agent licensed to do business in this state;
  6. an agency of this state; or
  7. a municipal clerk.

The Harris County Clerk's office cannot accept electronically submitted Real Property documents except through our e-recording system. To set up e-recording with Real Property, you must first choose a vendor and verify that the chosen vendor will submit documents. All of our documents we receive must go through an eRecord Provider who currently submits to Harris County. Below is a partial list of known vendors you could choose from.

Corporation Service Company
Brent Blankenship
(800) 927-9801
www.erecording.com
www.cscglobal.com

eRecording Partners Network
(888) 325-3365
www.erecordingpartners.net

CAN I FILE A REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENT BY MAIL OR IN PERSON?

In the Real Property Department of the Harris County Clerk's Office. The documents may be filed in person or by mail. If filing in person, a photo I.D. is required. If filing by mail, include your original document and remit a cashier's check, money order made out to Teneshia Hudspeth, Harris County Clerk or the Real Property credit card authorization form and mail to: Teneshia Hudspeth, Harris County Clerk., and Attention: Real Property, P.O. Box 1525, Houston, TX. 77251. Visit the Real Property page for more details.

I NEED TO RE-RECORD A DOCUMENT. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS?

Documents previously e-Recorded:

Documents previously submitted in paper form:

I NEED TO FILE A FINANCING STATEMENT OR UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (UCC).

HOW CAN I FILE A FOREIGN JUDGMENT?

Foreign Judgments must be domesticated in a Texas court first. Once the Judgment has been domesticated, you can request an Abstract of Judgment issued from the Texas court and submit it for recording along with the correct recording fee.

HOW CAN I OBTAIN A COPY OF MY SURVEY OR PLAT?

Our office provides certified and non-certified copies of plats. A plat can be a section of a subdivision or an entire subdivision. Please note, these plats are not specific to one lot only. Surveys are only accepted for recording if they are attached as an exhibit to a document; they cannot be recorded as independent instruments. Therefore, if one is on record, locating it can be difficult unless you know the specific document that was recorded with the survey attached.

HOW CAN I FILE MY ORIGINAL OR PROBATED WILL?

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR RECORDING A REAL PROPERTY DOCUMENT?