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Texas County Circuit Clerk
Texas County Circuit Clerk, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Property records
Texas County Treasurer and Collector
Texas County Treasurer and Collector, with the property tax bills, payment information and collections the office reports.
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Police & jail
Texas County Sheriff's Office
Texas County Sheriff's Office, the elected county law enforcement office, with incident reports, warrants and jail information as the office publishes them.
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Vital records
Texas County Record of Deaths and Births
Texas County Record of Deaths and Births, the office that issues these certificates, with the application, identification and fee rules it publishes.
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City records
University of Missouri Extension Texas County
University of Missouri Extension Texas County, with the district, school and program information it publishes.
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State records
Texas County Official Site
Texas County Official Site, the county government site, with its department pages, elected officials and contact information.
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Federal
Texas County Census
United States Census Bureau figures for Texas County, Missouri, with population, housing, income and business counts from the latest estimates.
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Texas County Judicial Circuit 25
Texas County Judicial Circuit 25, with the court location, contacts and the case records this office keeps.
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Texas County Assessor's Office
Texas County Assessor's Office, the office that values property for tax, with parcel data, assessment records and appeal information.
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Police & jail
Missouri Sex Offender Registry
Search the Missouri State Highway Patrol sex offender registry after accepting its disclaimer, and find the county registries and the Patrol's sex offender fact sheet.
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Property records
Texas Recorder of Deeds
Texas Recorder of Deeds, the office that records deeds, mortgages and land documents, with its index and copy rules as published.
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City records
Houston Chamber of Commerce
City of Houston economic development department in the Texas County seat, helping businesses find development sites and city and state incentives, with workforce, infrastructure and site selector information.
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- Texas County SurveyorRecords all surveys in county plat book
- Texas County Associate Circuit JudgeHearing and resolving civil and criminal cases
- Texas County Emergency ManagementProtect lives and property of residents during major disasters
- Texas County Prosecuting AttorneyProsecution of all crimes that violate state laws
- Texas County CoronerInvestigates homicides, suicides, accidental and sudden deaths
- Texas County Memorial HospitalFind medical help, information and care for all of Texas County
- Texas County Public AdministratorGuardian and/or conservator for mentally incapacitated individuals
- Southern District Clerk's OfficeClerk of Court of Southern Appellate Division
- Texas County Health DepartmentPublic health, womens health, environmental services, childrens health
- Texas County TownshipsList and links to Texas County townships
- Texas County CommissionersApproves county budget and reviews department reports
- Texas County Domestic Violence InformationFind help to prevent abuse, stalking and harassment
- Cabool Municipal DivisionHouston Municipal Division Licking Municipal Division Summersville Municipal Division Hear and determine municipal ordinance violations
- Texas County Elections ResultsFind results of previous elections
- Court FormsDownload forms and instructions for all filings needed for Texas County
- Texas County Election SitesFind out where your polling district is located
- Texas County Court of Appeals Southern DistrictLookup information on the appellate court for Texas County
- Texas County ArchivesInformation on history, cemeteries, military, obituaries and news
- Texas County Senior ServicesFind senior citizen centers in the county
- Texas County Rural Information Network (T.R.A.I.N.)Find internet products and services
- Texas County Social ServicesFind help and support for families, adults and children
Local record guide
About public records in Texas County
County profile
Texas County at a glance
- State
- Missouri
- County seat
- Houston
- Population
- 24,487
- Area
- 1,179 sq mi
- Founded
- 1845
- Cities and towns
- 15
Texas County offices and records
Sheriff & Law Enforcement. Texas County Sheriff's Office is responsible for law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of Texas County.
Police Departments. In addition to Texas County Sheriff's Office, several municipal police departments operate within Texas County.
Law Enforcement & Arrests. Law enforcement in Texas County, Missouri is primarily provided by Texas County Sheriff's Office, headquartered at 203 South Grand Avenue in Houston, Missouri 65483. Texas County Jail, operated by the Sheriff's Office at the same location, houses pre-trial detainees and sentenced misdemeanor offenders. Inmates can be located through direct contact with the Sheriff's Office during business hours, and some booking information may be available by phone inquiry.
Arrest Records. They are maintained by the arresting agency, primarily the County Sheriff's Office and municipal police departments.
Abandoned mine records
Old mine workings in Texas County
Where the workings are, and the office that holds the mine maps.
From the old mine records
What is on record in Texas County
- Old mine sites
- 69
- Sites with no status in the records
- 2
- Still producing
- 3
- Main minerals
- crushed stone; Iron; Barium-Barite
- Holes drawn on the old survey maps
- 9
- Shafts and tunnels
- 2
- What they are
- quarry, mine shaft, gravel pit, quarry - limestone
- Maps surveyed
- 1951 to 2004
- Records behind them
- 84 records for 83 sites, the rest are the same working written down more than once
- Sources
- USGS mineral file and USGS topographic mine features
Is an old working under a property here?
The mine records hold 74 named mine sites inside the county, 69 of them worked out or abandoned; the old survey maps add 9 holes drawn inside the county, 2 of them shafts or tunnels. The minerals the records name are crushed stone; Iron; Barium-Barite.
A point in either file is a location, not a property line: the sheet shows the opening on the surface, not the rooms under it. The record that shows what runs under a parcel is the mine map. The OSMRE National Mine Map Repository holds scanned underground mine maps and answers requests for a named mine or an area.
Missouri mine map and abandoned mine records
- Missouri Mine Map Repository (Missouri Geological Survey)The official repository under section 256.112 RSMo with more than 2,000 underground mine maps, 1,193 scanned (428 coal, 765 non coal), listed by number and by township, range and section so a location can be searched, with maps to download; 573-368-2100.
- Missouri DNR Land Reclamation Program, Abandoned Mine Lands (PUB2066)The program approved in 1982 to reclaim abandoned coal mine land; program page at https://dnr.mo.gov/land-geology/mining-land-reclamation.
- Missouri DNR Abandoned Mine Lands ViewerWeb map of completed coal, lead and zinc reclamation projects (2000 to 2014); the page says it does not show every mining related site in the state.
Named workings recorded in Texas County (73 shown, 9 unnamed on the map)
- Mc CanlessBarium-Barite | Past Producer | Surface and underground
- Mccanless Barite MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Murphy Barite MineBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Unknown - BariteBarium-Barite | Past Producer
- Mexico Plant + Main OfficeClay | Unknown
- Unknown - ClayClay | Past Producer
- Childress MineIron | Past Producer
- Gerrard ProspectIron | Past Producer
- Licking MineIron | Past Producer
- Lilly Hollow MineIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Long and Colby BankIron | Past Producer | Surface
- Robert Bedwell PrppertyIron | Past Producer
- Rogers Mill LandIron | Past Producer
- Speer's MountainIron | Occurrence
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - IronIron | Past Producer
- Unknown - ClayKaolin | Past Producer
- Unknown - ClayKaolin | Past Producer
- Unknown - ClayKaolin | Past Producer
- Unknown - Lead & ZincLead, Zinc | Past Producer
- M. Manier Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Surface
- Neatherly Sand and Gravel PlantSand and Gravel, Construction | Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer
- Baker QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Hamilton QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Martin QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Mountain Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Producer
- Seth Smith QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Stubbs QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 2 records for this one site
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown
- Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer
- Anderson LandOccurrence
- Barker BankOccurrence | Surface
- Fred SuttonPast Producer | Surface
- J.E. CoatneyOccurrence | Surface
- Jines BankOccurrence | Surface
- Lambert MineOccurrence
- McKenzie Bank No. 2Occurrence
- Tripp G.W. LandOccurrence
- Wayne Iron and Lumber Company, Land No. 1.Occurrence | Surface
Disclaimer: The mine information here is for general information only. Old mine records can be incomplete, outdated or wrong, and finding nothing here does not mean there is nothing there. Check with the mine map office named here before you rely on it, and have a qualified engineer look at any ground you are worried about. PublicRecordCenter.com assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions, or consequences arising from the use of this information.
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Texas County public-records FAQs
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Where can I find mugshots or booking photos in Texas County, Missouri?
Booking photos are kept by the agency that made the arrest, such as the Texas County Sheriff or a city police department in Texas County. Ask that agency for its record. RSMo 407.1150 makes it unlawful for anyone who publishes criminal record information, including booking photographs taken by Missouri law enforcement, to ask for or accept a fee to remove or correct it.
How do I get a criminal background check in Texas County, Missouri?
The Missouri criminal history record comes from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Name based search with name, date of birth and Social Security number through the Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS), or a fingerprint search with a completed FD 258 applicant fingerprint card. Fee: $16.00 per name based request; $20.00 per fingerprint based request (state only); $5.00 more for a notarized response.
How can I look up sex offenders in Texas County, Missouri?
Search the Missouri Sex Offender Registry (Missouri State Highway Patrol), or every state at once on the National Sex Offender Public Website run by the U.S. Department of Justice.
How do I register to vote in Texas County, Missouri?
Register with the local election authority (county clerk or board of election commissioners) or through the Missouri Secretary of State, Elections Division. You can also register online with the state online registration. You must be registered by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday before the election (RSMo 115.135).
How do I look up property records in Texas County, Missouri?
Deeds and other recorded land documents in Texas County are kept by the Texas County Recorder of Deeds. Property values are set by the county Assessor, and tax bills come from the county Collector. Source: official state page.
How do I get a birth or death certificate in Texas County, Missouri?
Certified birth and death certificates for Missouri come from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records. Local public health agencies also issue birth certificates for births from 1920 on and death certificates for deaths from 1980 on. By mail or in person by appointment at the Bureau of Vital Records, 930 Wildwood Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at your local public health agency, or by phone or online through VitalChek, which the Bureau names, for an added fee. Fee: $15 per birth record and $15 for each added copy; $14 per death record and $11 for each added copy.
How do I find business license records in Texas County, Missouri?
Business entity filings are searched with the Missouri Secretary of State, Corporations Unit. The Secretary of State's starting steps say to register for a business license and other permits, if any, with your local city or county.
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