Record Livestock Marks and Brands With the Webb County Clerk

Texas law says owners of cattle, hogs, sheep, or goats must record brands and other marks with the county clerk where the animals are kept. In Webb County, that filing goes through the County Clerk, which posts the marks-and-brands form online.

In a county with more than 2 million acres of pasture, this is not just paperwork. A recorded brand can matter when livestock are sold, moved, inherited, or disputed. It is the legal record behind the mark.

Brands do not stay current forever. State law has re-recording windows, so an old family brand may need renewal.