Bexar County Property Records in Texas

Because San Antonio, founded in 1718, predates Texas independence and statehood, so the root of title for older Bexar County tracts can reach back to grants made under Spanish and later Mexican sovereignty. Those grants used measurement systems such as the vara, the labor, and the league, and their original boundaries do not always align with modern surveys. Bexar County maintains a dedicated Spanish Archives for these colonial-era documents. Tracing an old chain to its grant root can require research into these early records, which our $375 Expanded performs.

Any recorded lien, including a VA-guaranteed mortgage or a Texas Veterans Land Board (VLB) loan, generally must be paid and released of record to deliver clear title. In San Antonio’s large military market these are common, and a VLB loan in particular creates a recorded interest under the program. A risk arises when a prior VA or VLB obligation was paid but never released in the records, leaving a cloud on title. A buyer should confirm the release, and an assumable VA loan raises separate questions about ongoing liability. Our $195 report identifies recorded VA and VLB interests and their release status.

Not always. Northern Bexar County sits over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, which is San Antonio’s primary drinking-water source, and the city has acquired conservation easements over recharge-zone land while state and local rules govern development there. A recorded conservation easement permanently restricts how the land can be used and runs with the property to future owners, so the buildable potential of a tract can be far smaller than its size suggests. This parallels the impervious-cover limits in Travis County. Confirm any recorded easement before buying land. Our $375 Expanded reviews recorded easements.

In the Official Public Records maintained by the Bexar County Clerk’s Recordings Division (101 W. Nueva, San Antonio), under Texas Property Code Section 12.001. The Clerk records deeds, deeds of trust, mechanic and tax liens, abstracts of judgment, notices of trustee sale, and plats, and also maintains a separate Spanish Archives for colonial-era land grant documents. The Bexar Appraisal District (BCAD) sets value and the Tax Assessor-Collector collects the tax, both separate from the Clerk. Recorded title lives at the Clerk. Our reports examine all three offices.

BCAD shows the owner for appraisal purposes by address or account number, and the Bexar County Clerk’s Official Public Records show the recorded deed and any entity, trust, or heirship vesting. A Property Detail Report ($29) combines both into a single verified result. For all Bexar County properties owned by a person or entity, a Title Search by Name ($75) covers the county. See our property owner search guide.

Only the property address. Submit through the order portal. The BCAD account number also works. We examine the Clerk’s Official Public Records (and the Spanish Archives where the chain requires it), BCAD, and the Tax Assessor-Collector, and flag land-grant, VA and VLB, easement, and lien issues. No account, subscription, or commitment. One fee per property. PDF via email. Same pricing as all Texas counties. BBB A+ since 2009.