The Clerk’s office preserves all documents pertaining to real and personal property records,
including deeds, tax liens and UCCs. Also, we issue and preserve Vital
Statistics including birth, death and marriage records. Our office also registers and records Brands and Assumed Names/DBAs.
EXEMPTION
FROM FEES FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL BEING DEPLOYED. A member of the National Guard on federal active duty, or a member of the
armed forces of the United States on active duty, who is preparing to be deployed to serve in a hostile fire zone as designated
by the United States secretary of defense is exempt from paying the following state or local governmental fees the member
incurs because of the deployment to arrange the member's personal affairs:
fees for obtaining
copies of: a birth certificate; a recorded marriage license; a divorce decree; a child support order; guardianship documents;
and property tax records; fees for issuing a marriage license or duplicate marriage license; and fees for transferring title
to real or personal property.
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Real and Personal Property Records |
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Fees |
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First Page |
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$ 15.00 |
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Each additional page or part
of a page |
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$ 4.00 |
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Each name indexed in excess of five names |
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$ 0.25 |
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Each rider or attachment larger than 8.5" x 14" |
$ 4.00 |
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Each rider or attachment exceeding one page |
$ 4.00 |
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Certificates or notices of Federal
Tax Liens |
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$ 16.00 |
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Brands, DBAs & Other Recording Fees |
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Brands |
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$ 16.00 |
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Each
additional Brand registered at same time |
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$ 5.00 |
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Assumed Names/DBA (Doing Business
As) |
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$ 15.00 |
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Each
page or part of a page |
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$ 4.00 |
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Each
additional signer |
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$ .50 |
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Plats (normal size) |
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$ 26.00 |
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Military Discharge DD-214 |
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No Charge |
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Currently the only method to ensure a thorough search
of Brands and DBA’s/Assumed Names is to personally appear in the County Clerk’s Office to conduct
the search.
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Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) |
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Fees |
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UCC –1 Form Fee
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$ 15.00 |
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Additional Debtor
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$ 5.00 |
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UCC –1 Non-Standard Form
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$ 25.00 |
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Additional Debtor
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$ 5.00 |
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If there is less than 3 inches of space at the bottom of the last page, add an additional $4.00.
We would appreciate
a self-addressed envelope that we may return your original recording to you.
Vital
Statistics
fees
and instructions
Marriage License (Click)
Birth Certificates
What you need to bring:
1.
$22.00 (cash or money order)
2. Identification:
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a certificate, license, or document issued by this state, another state, the United
States, or a foreign government.
Can be issued to:
1. the
requester asking for his/her own certificate.
2. OR,
is available to the public on and after the 75th anniversary of the date
of birth as shown on the record filed with this office.
Death Certificates
What you need to bring:
1.
$20.00 (cash or money order)
2. Identification:
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a certificate, license, or document issued by this state, another state, the United
States, or a foreign government.
Can be issued to:
1. Immediate
family members if you live in Texas.
2. If
you live outside Texas, you must be a surviving spouse of the deceased, a
parent of the deceased or the funeral director of the funeral home on the
record.
3. OR,
is available to the public on and after the 25th anniversary of the date of
death as shown
on the record filed with this office.
The
record being ordered must be delivered within the United
States, to U.S. territories or
U.S. commonwealths, or to U.S. military addresses (APO, FPO).
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Miscellaneous Clerk’s Office Fees |
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Certified Papers |
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$ 5.00 |
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Each
page or part of a page |
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$ 1.00 |
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Fax (incoming and
outgoing)- first page |
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$ 3.00 |
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Each
additional page |
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$ 1.00 |
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Records Search (per
name) |
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$ 5.00 |
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Notice of Foreclosure/Trustee's
Sale (posting) |
$ 2.00 |
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Returned Check Fee |
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$ 30.00 |
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If you have any questions call 806-495-4430 or email terri.laurence@co.garza.tx.us
