Inventory of County Records: Guadalupe County Courthouse Page: 5
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The Clerk was to record all deeds, conveyances, mortgages, and
other liens on land; to record all estrays; to issue and record
all marriage licenses; to issue various types of business licenses;
and to post a list of taxpayers.2 State laws after 1846
further required the Clerk to record deeds of trust, bonds, covenants,
defeasances, and other instruments relating to property,
including marriage contracts, powers of attorney, abstracts of
judgment, and land titles. He is also to provide an alphabetical
list of all names occurring in his records and to record all
livestock marks and brands in the county.3
Since 1903 the Clerk has been required to record all births
and deaths in the county, and since 1919, he has been required
to record official discharges of persons from military service.4
From time to time, these basic responsibilities of the
County Clerk have been expanded to include the recording of
business and professional records, such as assumed name certificates;
licenses for dentists, nurses, optometrists, and
morticians; plats; reports of animals killed on railroad rightsof-way;
and condominium records.5
Clerk of the County Court
As Clerk of the County Court, the County Clerk has the
duties of recording all proceedings and preserving all books,
papers, and effects of the Court.6 The County Court is charged
by the present State Constitution with original jurisdiction of
all misdemeanors (excepting those cases where Justice Court has
exclusive original jurisdiction), civil cases of value between
$200 and $500, general jurisdiction for probate cases, and
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Carlson, Paul H. Inventory of County Records: Guadalupe County Courthouse, book, 1979; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth25213/m1/22/?q=%221838%3F%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.