

Today between 35-50% of all property records recorded in the Taylor County Clerk’s office are e-recorded. Commonly called e-recording, (no paper is handled by Deputy Clerks) the process is all “inside” computer systems.
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Customers utilize 3rd party software such as ERX, Simplifile and others to submit documents for recording. The Taylor County Clerk’s office also started accepting records for recording into the OPR by electronic recording in 2007. There are three redundant backs to ensure the safety, security and long term viability of your records. Once the image and index data are proofed and double checked, the original is mailed back to the appropriate recipient. Documents received during the day are indexed and digitally imaged into the computer database. In 2007 the OPR division of the Taylor County Clerk’s office went “paperless”. Bevill took office have been funded from recording fees and not property taxes. All other records in the Official Public Record have been indexed back to the inception of the County in 1878! On a daily basis Clerk’s staff is indexing property records recorded prior to 1972 as time permits.Īll the projects begun in 2005 when Larry G. As of 2017, all property records from 1972 to the current date have been indexed. Once the records were digitized, indexing began. To date all records in the office have been digitized creating both a permanent back up of all the important records in the office and making those records available on public search terminals in the office. Bevill began an ambitious program to digitize and index all records in the Official Public Records. Within a year of taking office, current County Clerk Larry G. Types of documents added are abstracts of judgments, assumed name certificates, state and federal tax liens, plats, occupational bonds, mechanics liens, livestock brands, state water permits, and the list goes on. Since the 1980s county clerks have combined many of the records with the real property records to create what is now called, the Official Public Record of Taylor County. There are also many volumes containing historically interesting information such as livestock brands, Commissioners’ Court records, Bonds for business’, Assumed Name Certificates, Plats of towns and neighborhoods, Contracts, Official Oaths, Physician Certificates, military discharges (DD-214’s) and others. In Taylor County the first “real property” records were recorded in the County Clerk’s office in the 1870s. In 2016, the clerk’s office recorded over 29,000 documents.

To date there are over 4 million images of documents requiring approximately 4 terabytes of computer database. The number and types of property records has expanded over the years to cover more than 34 different types of documents: deeds, deeds of trust, warranty deeds, oil / gas leases, bills of sale, deed restrictions, homestead designation, power of attorney, releases, and many more.

Since the beginning of county government, the county clerk’s office has had the important responsibility of keeping the property records of its citizens. Real Property Records & Official Public Records
