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County Clerk’s Office
Yoakum County Clerk’s Office
P.O. Box 309
Plains, Texas 79355
806/456-7491 Ext. 294
FAX 806/456-2258
Office Personnel:
The Honorable Deborah L. Rushing
Yoakum County Clerk
Lola Elam, 1st Deputy
Kathy Six, 2rd Deputy
Dene Rafferty, 3rd Deputy
Cindy Gray, Part-time
County Clerk Fees:
Marriage License $71.00 (Identification Required)
$11.00 If you present a certificate showing completion of
the "Twogether in Texas" workshop
For information on the workshop click here: Texas Tech Relationship Education Initiative
Informal Marriage License $35.00 (Identification Required)
Birth Certificate $22.00 (Identification Required)
Death Certificate $20.00 (First certificate must be purchased from Vital Statistics in Austin) After a certificate is purchased in the County ($20.00), each additional certificate(s) will be $3.00. (Identification Required)
Hunting & Fishing Prices vary, please contact office for current Texas Parks and Wildlife Outdoor Annual Hunting and Fishing Regulations.
Filing Fees for Official Public Records (OPR)
ACCORDING TO ARTICLE 118.001 GOVERNMENT CODE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINION NO. 938, THIS OFFICE CANNOT HOLD OR RECORD ANY INSTRUMENT UNLESS IT IS ACCOMPANIED WITH THE PROPER RECORDING FEE. INSTRUMENT(S) MUST BE RETURNED ALSO DUE TO THE FOLLOWING:
INSTRUMENT IS:
( ) Not eligible for filing
*Requirements:
Page must be no wider than 81/2 inches
Page must be no longer than 14 inches
Print not smaller than 8 point type
1 ½ inch top margin-2 inch bottom margin
1 inch side margin
( ) Not signed or dated as required.
( ) Wrong County.
( ) Only a copy – Original required or certified copy when applicable.
( ) Not Notarized as required (No Notary Seal).
( ) Return address is missing or incomplete
( ) Missing complete address of Grantee. * In accordance with Property Code 11.003, the complete address of
Grantee(s) must be shown on the instrument. If this information is not supplied, the penalty is $25.00, which
is in addition to the regular filing fee.
( ) No Title on Instrument. WE ARE REQUIRED TO CHARGE DOUBLE IF DOCUMENTS ARE NOT TITLED.
( ) Not Included – Amount Due $___________________
( ) Insufficient Amount
FILING FEES: AS OF JANUARY_
First page----------------------------------------$15.00
Each additional page or portion of page-----$ 4.00
Each attachment or rider-----------------------$ 4.00
Each additional name to be indexed
in excess of (5)----------------------------------$ .25
MAKE CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS PAYABLE TO:
YOAKUM COUNTY CLERK
P.O. BOX 309
COWBOY WAY & AVENUE G
PLAINS, TEXAS 79355
**INCLUDE SELF ADDRESSED/POSTAGE PAID ENVELOPE TO RETURN YOUR INSTRUMENT IN.
As part of our commitment to providing citizens with efficient, convenient service, the Yoakum County Clerk has partnered with Official Payments to offer payments of court costs and fees over the Internet at www.officialpayments.com and by telephone by calling 1-800-272-9829.
For information regarding other fees (not mentioned above), please call the office.
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