Kaufman County
Texas
Last verified September 16, 2026
Kaufman County is a county in Texas, with property values assessed by Chief Appraiser Sarah Curtis. Laura Hughes serves as County Clerk, whose office maintains the county's official records, deeds, and court filings. Use the search tools below to look up property assessments, recorded deeds, and court documents for Kaufman County.
Appraisal District
- Official
- Sarah Curtis
- Phone
- 972-932-6081
- Address
- 100 N. Washington St., Kaufman, Texas 75142-2051
Vehicle Registration
Vehicle registration and titling for Kaufman County is handled by the Kaufman County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office — 469-376-4596.
How to Search Property and Court Records
A Appraisal District and a County Clerk hold different pieces of the same property's history, and knowing which one to search saves time. The Appraisal District's office assesses each parcel's value for tax purposes and publishes a searchable record — owner name, assessed value, lot size, building details, and the parcel's legal description — usually searchable by owner name, address, or parcel ID.
The County Clerk's official records index is where deeds, mortgages, liens, satisfactions, and other recorded documents actually live. If you need to confirm who holds title to a property, trace a chain of ownership, or check for an outstanding lien, that's a County Clerk search, not a Appraisal District search. Court dockets — civil, probate, family — are typically a separate search within the same office.
Why this matters for insurance and title work: confirming the named insured matches the recorded owner, checking for liens before binding a policy, and verifying a legal description all start with these two offices. Search tools and coverage vary by county — some counties use one shared portal for both, others keep them fully separate.
Cities & Towns in Kaufman County
Building permit contacts for jurisdictions within Kaufman County: