Mayes County Property Records

Mayes County property records are kept by the County Clerk at the courthouse in Pryor. The office records deeds, mortgages, oil and gas leases, mineral deeds, tax liens, and plat maps for all land in the county. Most Mayes County land records are searchable online through OKCountyRecords.com, where you can look up instruments by name, date, or legal description. Whether you need to check ownership on a parcel, find a recorded lien, or pull a copy of a deed, the County Clerk and the online portal are your two main starting points for Mayes County property records.

Mayes County Clerk and Property Records Office

The Mayes County Clerk is the official custodian of all land records in the county. This office records instruments that affect real estate and keeps them in a permanent public index. Every deed, mortgage, oil and gas lease, and lien filed in Mayes County goes through this office. The current County Clerk is Brittany True-Howard. The office is at One Court Place in Pryor. Note the lunch closure from noon to 1:00 PM if you plan to visit in person.

Staff can search the index by name or legal description and make copies while you wait. Certified copies carry the county seal and are often needed for title work or legal proceedings. Uncertified copies cost less and work fine for most research. If you are doing a full title search, the clerk's index is the authoritative record of all instruments affecting Mayes County real estate.

Search Mayes County Property Records Online

Mayes County land records are available online through OKCountyRecords.com. The platform indexes documents recorded with the Mayes County Clerk and adds new records in real time as they come in. You can search by party name using the last name, first name format, or by business name if the grantor or grantee is a company. Other search fields include party type (grantor or grantee), instrument type, a recorded date range, and legal description elements such as quarter, section, township, range, addition, block, and lot. A book list and plat maps are also accessible through the same portal.

The index search is free. You only pay if you choose to print copies. All revenue from printing goes directly to support Mayes County operations. That makes OKCountyRecords a cost-effective first step before visiting the courthouse in person.

Visit the Mayes County property records search page to look up deeds, mortgages, oil and gas leases, mineral deeds, tax liens, releases, quitclaim deeds, and judgment liens recorded in the county.

The OKCountyRecords search interface for Mayes County lets you search by name, legal description, and instrument type, with records updated in real time as new documents are filed.

Types of Property Records in Mayes County

Warranty deeds are the most common instrument filed with the Mayes County Clerk. They transfer ownership and include a guarantee from the seller that the title is clear. Quitclaim deeds pass along whatever interest the grantor holds, with no warranty attached. Both types are filed whenever property changes hands. Mortgages and deeds of trust create liens that secure loans against real property. Releases discharge those liens once the debt is paid off. All of these documents go into the permanent county record and appear in the searchable index.

Oil and gas leases are a significant part of the Mayes County record system. Eastern Oklahoma has active mineral development, and leases become public record once filed with the clerk. Mineral deeds transfer subsurface rights separately from surface land. This split ownership is common across Oklahoma, and mineral deed searches are a key part of any title work done in the county. Tax liens show up in the index when property taxes go unpaid. State and federal tax liens, along with judgment liens, are also recorded here and indexed against the property owner's name.

Plat maps show lot boundaries within recorded subdivisions. Military discharge papers (DD-214 forms) are also kept by the County Clerk as a service to veterans. The Mayes County Court Clerk holds separate records including marriage, divorce, and probate documents from 1907 onward. The County Assessor keeps valuation data and assessment rolls.

Recording Fees for Mayes County Property Records

Oklahoma recording fees are set by state law. Under Title 28 Section 32, updated and effective November 1, 2024, the fee for the first page of any deed, mortgage, or other instrument is $8.00. Each additional page of the same document costs $2.00. A records management and preservation fee of $10.00 applies per instrument. Documents that do not meet formatting requirements are charged as non-conforming instruments at $25.00 for the first page and $10.00 for each additional page.

Senate Bill 57, also effective November 1, 2024, requires all documents to have a 2-inch top margin and 1-inch margins on the remaining three sides. Documents outside those specs can still be recorded but are charged the non-conforming rate. Oklahoma also collects a documentary stamp tax of $0.75 per $500 of consideration under Title 68 Section 3201. On a $200,000 sale, that works out to $300 in documentary stamp taxes paid at recording. Photographic copies of recorded documents cost $1.00 per page, and certified copies add another $1.00 per page.

Mayes County Assessor and Property Valuation

The Mayes County Assessor is Yolanda Thompson. The assessor's office is at 1 Court Place, Suite 110 in Pryor, the same courthouse complex as the County Clerk. You can reach the assessor at (918) 825-0625 or by email at ythompson@mayes.okcounties.org. The assessor's website is mapview-online.com, which offers parcel mapping and property data online. The assessor values all real and personal property in the county for tax purposes and keeps assessment rolls listing owners, parcel descriptions, and valuations.

The County Treasurer is Bobbie Martin, also at One Court Place in Pryor. The treasurer's phone is (918) 825-0160. The treasurer collects property taxes and maintains tax payment history. Tax liens for unpaid property taxes are recorded with the County Clerk and will show up in the land records index. For property tax status and payment history, contact the treasurer's office. Statewide tax roll data is also available through OKTaxRolls.com.

Electronic Filing in Mayes County

Mayes County accepts electronic recording through three providers: Simplifile, CSC eRecording, and ePN. Title companies, lenders, and law firms can use these platforms to submit documents directly to the County Clerk without mailing paper. The clerk reviews each submission, records it, and returns the stamped document digitally. Electronic filing speeds up the recording process and cuts turnaround time for closings. All three providers connect directly to the Mayes County Clerk's system.

Cities in Mayes County

Mayes County's county seat is Pryor. Other communities in the county include Chouteau, Salina, and Locust Grove. All property records for land anywhere in Mayes County are on file with the County Clerk in Pryor, regardless of which community the property sits near. None of the cities in Mayes County meet the population threshold for a dedicated property records page on this site.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Mayes County. Each has its own County Clerk and property records system. If you are not sure which county a parcel is in, check the legal description or a county parcel map for the county name before you search.