1.
ALL data
entered on the search criteria screen must match for a document to be found.
2. Grantor and Grantee names are entered in the
form shown by the example: "SMITH JOHN"
(no punctuation).
3. To find Grantor
or Grantee names where you are not sure if name is first or middle name, search for "SMITH%JOHN".
This will find "SMITH JOHN" and "SMITH
ROBERT JOHN".
4. Abstract/Acres
searches are incomplete at this time.
5. Subdivision/Block/Lot
searches find entire Subdivisions only and are incomplete at this time.
6. Dates are entered in the form
mm/dd/yyyy.
7. Volume/Page
should be posted throughout.
8. Instrument Number
is posted as a 5-digit sequential number. It is not reset from year to year. So the
first document for 1996 is 00001 and the first document for 2009 is 62400.
9. Currently, images
only go back to June 1, 1999 although the data goes back to January 1,
1996.
10.
Oil & Gas volumes back to sovereignty are
available. These are index by volume and page only.
11. Appraisal/Assessor data is
posted where a matching deed was found. Therefore, Appraisal field searches will
not find every record that exists for that property, only those records that
match the Appraisal data for the year or years posted.
