What Can I Obtain From
The County?
County Appraisal District
(Property Ownership, tax roll, property appraisal and valuing
the taxable property, protesting the values, adopting the tax rates, collecting
the taxes, processes applications for tax exemptions, agricultural appraisals,
protests, and other tax relief. Many have on-line Commercial Property
Ownership Data - Business And Personal Property Ownership Data, Texas Central
Appraisal District's Appraisal Roll Data - Residential Property Ownership
Data)
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Tax Assessor Collector (Registers voters, collects taxes,
and vehicle license and vehicle registration, validating documents, collecting
fees and sales tax for vehicle title
transfers)
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Elections
Departments
(Conducts general and special
elections as well as early voting for the primary elections. The division
also contracts with other entities for election consultation, services, and
equipment)
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County
& District Clerk
(Serves as the official
record-keeper for the county courts at law and the commissioners court. The
clerk also conducts elections for County voters, Recording and Marriage Licenses.
The Criminal Division records information on all class A and B misdemeanor
offenses like DWIs, thefts, and assaults, provides administrative support
to the county courts through the issuance of warrants, summons, subpoenas,
commitments, etc, Civil and Probate Division. The office issues citations,
writs of execution, abstracts of judgment, letters of guardianship, letters
testamentary, protective orders, notices, and other documents as required
by law or requested by customers. The civil courts hear cases on debt, injury,
damages, domestic violence, condemnation, bond forfeitures, etc. The probate
court hears cases concerning wills to be probated, administration of estates,
mental health commitments, guardianships, etc., Microfilm and Records Management,
films real property records, probate, civil, and commissioners court minutes;
manages and preserves the records for the county clerk's office; and provides
an efficient retrieval service for the public. Commissioners Court Minutes,
posts notices of the commissioners' meetings, records proceedings and actions
of the commissioners court sessions, maintains the records of these proceedings,
and disseminates this
information)
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Sheriff (Enforces laws, protects the life and property
of county residents, provides confinement for inmates in the county's prison,
some collect taxes. The law enforcement division provides patrol and criminal
investigations and special
operations)
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Constables (The constables serve as a law enforcement
agency for the County, with county-wide jurisdiction in civil and criminal
matters. They process and execute civil process from various courts, including
forcible entry and detainers, writs of possession, citations, and executions
issued from the justice of the peace courts. The constables also process
and execute misdemeanor traffic and hot check warrants of arrest for the
County justice of the peace courts as well as other municipalities and counties.
They have a truancy program which contacts parents and initiates filings
on juveniles who are absent from school)
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