This private company offers free searching for many Texas counties, including Dallas, Denton, Collin, and Tarrant. Free searches include search by property owner’s name, by street address, and by tax roll account number. For more sophisticated search services, the company provides a fee-based service.

An indexed search allows searching by the owner’s last name, address, property id, or account number. Advanced Search allows searching by several more fields, such as property type or block number.

A directory of local tax appraisal districts all over the United States. Browse by state and area.

Land grant records and maps dating to the 18th century relating to the passage of Texas public lands to private ownership. Still important to Texans because of their legal value, the materials are also now highly regarded by genealogists, historians, archeologists, and surveyors. Maps can be searched and ordered online.

Texas law requires financial institutions, businesses, and government entities to report to the state any personal property they are holding that is considered abandoned or unclaimed. Property is turned over to the Comptroller’s office annually when the owner’s whereabouts are unknown and the property has been inactive on the books of the reporting company after the appropriate abandonment period has run. You can Search records of unclaimed property by personal or business name and city. Contents of unclaimed safe deposit boxes are periodically auctioned on E-Bay.

Documents and title information related to the initial transfer of federal land to individuals. Includes records back to 1820, although geographic and date coverage varies.