Electronic Filing of Court Cases

For more information on eFiling, please visit the State of Texas web site at: Texas Online (State of Texas web site).

Electronic Filing of Real Property Records

The first step toward becoming an approved submitter is to have a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) approved by the Tarrant County Commissioner's Court and signed by all parties. The MOU defines the technical, procedural and financial requirements necessary to submit documents electronically. An example of an MOU is linked to this document. The example MOU references certain PRIA standards. PRIA is the Property Records Industry Association. Their web site is www.pria.us. 

Once the MOU is completed, the prospective submitter will be put in contact with Manatron in order to test the submitter's electronically filing software. Manatron is the County vendor for the eRecording software.

After completion of testing with Manatron, the submitter must complete all financial arrangements with the County Clerk Accounting department to ensure prompt payment of all filing fees. The submitter will then be given an eRecording user id and password.

Generally, we have the submitter file a single document as a test and repeat that process until a successful submission is received and recorded properly. Once that is complete, the submitter may submit as often as they like.

One caveat to the filing process is that the County Clerk reserves the right to accept only certain types of documents via eRecording. A list of those documents may be found below.

Document Type	Description
A	Agreements, Subordinations
AFF	Affidavit
APP	Substitution of Trustee
CTF	Death Certificate
D	Deeds
DIV	Divorce Decree(already filed with the court)
DT	Deed of Trust
DTU	UCC Financing Statement
FTL	Federal Tax Lien
J	Judgment
L	Liens
LSE	Lease, Oil & Gas Lease
LSEM	Memorandum of Lease
LP	LIS Pendens
ML	Mechanics Lien
N	Notice of Settlement
POA	Power of Attorney
R	Releases, Reconvenyance
REST	Declaration of Restrictive Covenents
RFTL	Release of Federal Tax Lien
RJ	Release of Judgment Lien
RSTL	Release of State Tax Lien
STL	State Tax Lien
T	Quit Claim Deed Owner to Trust
U	Assignment
WD	Warranty Deeds