County Clerk

 

Collin County Clerk's Office
Collin County Administration Building
2300 Bloomdale Rd., Suite 2106
McKinney, TX 75071
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ctyclerks@collincountytx.gov
972-548-4185 (McKinney)
972-424-1460 ext. 4185 (Metro)
972-547-5731 (Fax)

Hours: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
                          Plano:  8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday - Friday

Important note: All cash bond checks will be mailed until further notice.

Effective 5:00 p.m., Friday, March 27, 2020 we will no longer schedule appointments for marriage licenses. This is in an effort to protect our employees and the citizens we serve.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020
COUNTY CLERK LAND RECORDING AND VITAL STATISTICS – MCKINNEY LOCATION
OFFICE OPERATIONS AND CONTINUED SERVICES – COVID 19

Effective 4:30 p.m., March 20, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 crisis, the Collin County Clerk will temporarily suspend walk-in services for Land Recordings and Vital Statistics. Most services provided by these offices can be requested by mail or online.

For more information, contact our offices:

• Land Recordings: Documents to be recorded in the land records will not be accepted over the counter.  We strongly encourage all title companies to record documents electronically. Individuals may mail their documents or place them in a sealed envelope and put them in the drop boxes located outside the office door.  To limit delay in recordings, documents that are dropped off should include the exact payment in the form of a money order, check or cashier's check.  
• Vital Statistics: Requests for birth certificates, death certificates, assumed names and certified copies of marriage records may be submitted by mail.  Applications for birth records, death records and assumed names must be notarized and include a legible copy of your government issued photo ID as well as exact payment in the form of a money order, check or cashier's check. 
• Please go to our Plano Office and temporary changes in services there. 
  

Funeral homes may drop requests for death records in the drop box at our McKinney location.

The County Clerk's offices will remain open during regular business hours. Our staff will continue to be available by phone or email. You may contact us at the following:

Land Records
972-548-4152

Vital Statistics
972-548-4185

Email: ctyclerks@collincountytx.gov 

Thank you for your patience during this challenging time.

Stacey Kemp
Collin County Clerk

PLANO LOCATION

Effective Wednesday, May 1, 2019, the business hours for the Plano location will be 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Business hours for the McKinney location will be 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

What's New!

The County Clerk's office has a new and improved way to search foreclosed properties!

Collin County Clerk Receives Five Star Vital Award for 2019

Since taking office Ms. Kemp's office has won the Five Star Award and Exemplary Award 12 years in a row.

At the 65th Annual Conference on Vital Statistics in Georgetown Dec. 4-6, the Collin County Clerk's office was presented for the year 2019 the Exemplary Five Star Vital Registration Award by the Texas Department of Health, State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit. This award is presented annually for exemplary work in the area of Vital Registration. The criteria for qualifications of this award include timeliness of filing registrations entered into the state database by the clerk's office, extremely low error rate, annual training at conferences, use of the Texas Electronic Vital Events Registrar (TxEVER) for all birth, death and marriage registrations, completing an assessment survey, and use of State Dept. of Health required banknote paper.  Mrs. Kemp attributed the 2019 win to her staff who have strived to maintain the high standards. The annual three-day conference included topics on Birth and Death Registration and the process for filing Acknowledgements of Paternity in the new TxEVER. 

Look What's Happening:

Criminal efiling started July 1,2017

Effective July 1, 2017, criminal efiling will be mandatory for all attorneys in statutory county courts per Court Order 16-003. Order 16-003

Please click on the link provided to register: https://efile.txcourts.gov/ofsweb

Efiling: For more information please contact the eFileTexas Hotline:

County Court at Law Clerks – 972-548-6451 or eFile-cclclerks@collincountytx.gov

Probate – 972-548-6495 or eFile-probate@collincountytx.gov

In addition to AiLIS Public Inquiry, our free public records search database, the Collin County Clerk now offers ROAM a subscription based search feature that enables the subscriber to search millions of the County Clerk’s records with exceptionally fast results. ROAM provides phonetic search capability, web based access, device aware capabilities for use with mobile devices and the ability to purchase documents online.

Available subscription options include Pay-As-You-Go, Unlimited Unofficial Access, Unlimited Official Access and special rates for Bar and Realtor Associations. Subscribe now at Collin County ROAM.

You can now follow the Collin County Clerk on Facebook!

Attorney Court Records On-Line Access

This service gives attorneys the opportunity to access court records online through a secure internet site. For complete information please view the Attorney Subscriber Agreement or contact Sheryll Tilley at stilley@co.collin.tx.us. Annual renewals are available.

Services

Subscribe to the Property Fraud Alert service free of charge. This service will allow you to be notified of changes made to a specific property's ownership. For more information, view the Property Fraud Alert Brochure.

One in four Texans has unclaimed property. Find out if you have money owed to you by visiting www.ClaimItTexas.org.

County Clerk Stacey Kemp has come up with a great tool for those documenting their Collin County roots. The archive of marriage licenses, dating back 126 years, can be searched from the Genealogy Corner. More than 8,000 licenses, dating from 1884 to 1949, have been scanned and indexed, and are now searchable online. But we went one step more: for those who'd like a copy of these licenses for a project or family album, there are three different options that are available for a small fee.

Take a moment to stroll through Collin County's past. You may be surprised at the treasures you'll find.