How to search deeds in Kaufman County, TX
Deeds in Kaufman County are recorded with the Kaufman County Clerk, searchable by grantor and grantee name. The Kaufman County Clerk's Official Public Records are certified from January 1, 1968. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Kaufman County: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Kaufman County property, $49
Step by step in Kaufman County
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Start from the parcel
The Kaufman CAD (Kaufman County appraisal district) parcel record often names the current deed's book and page or document number.
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Search the index
Search the Kaufman County Clerk grantor-grantee index by name, or by the document number, to find the deed and the earlier ones in the chain.
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Read each deed
Check the parties, the legal description and the recording date, and whether a later deed conveyed the property again.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Kaufman County address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Kaufman County records show
In Texas, real property records are recorded by the County Clerk. A Texas home loan is usually secured by a deed of trust rather than a mortgage, and it is released by a recorded release of lien.
The Kaufman County Clerk's Official Public Records are certified from January 1, 1968.
A real Kaufman County report
We ran this search on the Kaufman County Justice Center (1902 E US Highway 175, Kaufman, TX 75142): 0 deeds, 0 open deeds of trust, 0 recorded liens. See the Kaufman County sample report.
What the report checks in Kaufman County
- Deeds, deeds of trust, releases and liens recorded with the Kaufman County Clerk, tied to the property by its legal description
Not covered here
- Deeds of trust recorded before 1968 are listed separately to verify, because the Clerk's electronic records begin in 1968.
Questions
How far back do Kaufman County land records go?
The Kaufman County Clerk's Official Public Records are certified from January 1, 1968.
What does a HeritageDeed search in Kaufman County not cover?
Where a document cannot be tied to the property by its legal description, it is marked as linked by the owner's name only.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Kaufman County property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
More about Kaufman County property records
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