Deeds and plats live with the Liberty County Clerk

Two offices can point at the same tract and answer very different questions. Liberty CAD tells you the taxable value and exemptions. The legal paper trail sits with County Clerk Lee Haidusek Chambers: deeds, land instruments, county plats, liens, easements, and other recorded instruments.

The main counter is Room 209 of the courthouse at 1923 Sam Houston in Liberty. There is also a Cleveland counter at the courthouse annex, 304 Campbell Street. The clerk's office runs an online Official Public Records search and accepts eRecording for new instruments.

So split the problem at the start. A value or exemption fight goes to the CAD. A question about who owns what, where the subdivision plat sits, or what old easement crosses the land belongs in the Clerk's records.