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.

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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.

Documents previously e-Recorded:

• If you are submitting the original document, submit the original document with corrections and then attach a recorded copy of the first and last page of the e-recorded document at the back.
• If you are submitting a certified copy of the document, submit the complete certified copy and then attach a page stating your correction at the back. Please note, nothing can be attached to a court-issued certified copy.

Documents previously submitted in paper form:

• If you are re-submitting the original document, submit the amended document.
• If you are submitting a certified copy of the document, submit the complete certified copy and then attach a page stating your correction at the back. Please note, nothing can be attached to a court-issued certified copy.

• The only UCC forms accepted for filing in the Real Property records are forms adopted by the International Association of Corporation Administrators (IACA) with a revision date of 07/01/2023. These forms, along with the instructions, can be downloaded from the Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.state.tx.us/ucc/index.shtml.
• It is required that the completed addendums be attached to the UCC when being filed in the Real Property records. These forms, along with the instructions, can be downloaded from the Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.state.tx.us/ucc/index.shtml.

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.

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.

• A Will can be submitted for safekeeping in the Probate Department. Please contact our Probate Department at 713-274-8585 for further information.
• An original Will cannot be filed in the Real Property records. If the person is deceased and the estate has been probated in the courts, the Probate Court can then issue a certified copy of the Will which can be filed in our records. Please note, it is required that an Exemplification Certificate issued by the court in which the documents were probated be attached to all out of state Probate certified copies.
• A Will can be submitted as an exhibit to an Affidavit of Heirship.

• The document must be the original; Xerox copies cannot be accepted.
• The appropriate person must sign the document, and that person’s signature must be notarized (i.e., Release, Deed of Trust, Deed, etc.). A Release issued by the Internal Revenue Service is not required to be notarized.
• The document must include legal descriptions when applicable.
• Documents of conveyance must indicate the grantee’s address. (Texas Property Code 11.003)
• All names must be printed under all signatures with the capacity of the signer and the entity for which they are signing indicated.
• A Return address must be printed on the document.
• There should be a 1-2 inch margin across the top and left margin of the document for our recording information.
• If the document you are filing is from a Texas court, it must be a complete original court-issued certified copy. Please call the office for instructions on out of State court documents.
• A certified copy cannot be altered.
  • Court document – You must contact the court to request a court-certified copy to be re-issued with the necessary information.
  • County Recorder – You may attach a page to the back of the clerk-issued certified copy. Do not alter the pages of the certified copy.
• Abstracts of Judgment are required to contain a Plaintiff’s mailing address. (Texas Property Code 52.0041)

• Must be original, signed, notarized, approved by the necessary municipalities, and meet statutory recording requirements.
• Original tax certificates are required, according to Texas Property Code 12.002(e). If filing a plat between January 1st through August 31st, the tax certificate must reflect the previous tax year and indicate that no taxes are due. If recording a plat between September 1st through December 31st, the tax certificates must be dated on or after September 1st of the current year and state that the current year’s taxes are paid or not yet calculated. The exception to this law is to submit a tax certificate showing the previous year’s taxes are paid. It must be accompanied by a tax receipt showing the current year’s taxes are paid, or between September 1st and October 31st, a composite receipt, dated September 1st or after of the current year, showing the current year’s taxes are not yet calculated. Please note, not all tax collectors issue composite tax receipts. Please read Texas Property Code 12.002(e) for further details.

Declaration of Condo, Amendment to the Declaration, Master Leases and Master Deeds are recorded in the Condominium records. The original document must be submitted and meet statutory recording requirements. Before being submitted for recording, 4 pages (8x11 or 8x17 pages), in consecutive order, must be taped together to make a sheet. The filing fee is $10.00 per sheet submitted. Key maps attached to a Condo filing are $50 per key map page.