Estate Planning & Probate in Ochiltree County, Texas
There are two reasons people look up Ochiltree County probate: to keep a family out of it, or to get a loved one's estate through it. This page points you to the right path—planning ahead, or settling an estate at the County Court.
Someone died — settling an estate
Filing probate at the County Court, what it costs, transferring property, and local attorneys.
What to do when someone dies in Ochiltree County→Planning ahead as a property owner
Keep a Ochiltree County home out of probate with a transfer-on-death deed or a living trust.
Estate planning in Ochiltree County→The Probate Process in Ochiltree County
Probate is the court-supervised process of settling someone's estate after they die — validating the will, paying debts and taxes, and transferring what's left to the heirs. In Ochiltree County, probate runs through the County Court at 511 South Main Street, Suite 8, Perryton.
Full Ochiltree Countyprobate guide: cost, how to file & attorneys →Probate Court Record
County Court
Ochiltree County
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Recording Deeds & Property Documents
Recording Office Record
County Clerk
Ochiltree County
$25 for the first page plus $4 for each additional page; a 2-page TOD deed records for $29; TOD deeds are exempt from transfer tax.
Full recording details →Verified July 14, 2026 · Source
Local Procedures at the County Court
The County Clerk directs the public to search records online at countygovernmentrecords.com, where the charge is $1.00 per page; certification adds $5.00. Records are scanned into the site but only fully indexed back to July 1974. The office will not conduct record searches for the public (only Federal Tax Lien searches are authorized by statute). Self-represented litigants are directed to external resources (Texas Law Help, State Bar, Texas State Law Library, Legal Aid of Northwest Texas).
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