Hon. Krista Bartsch County Clerk

Krista Bartsch is the Bastrop County Clerk managing an office organized into these divisions:

Clerk of the Probate Court
Clerk of the Misdemeanor County Court at Law
Clerk of the Commissioners Court
Records:Official Public Records i.e. Land Recording, Doing Business As, Liens, Release of Liens, IRS Liens, Cattle Brands, Trusts, Security Agreements, Restrictions, Notices, Assumed Name.
Records: for Subdivision Plats
Records: for Vital Information: Birth, Marriage, Death
Administrative (last but not least)

Contact Information:

Physical Address: Mailing Address:

803 Pine Street P O Box 577

Bastrop, Texas 78602 Bastrop, Texas 78602

Phone: (512) 332-7234 / Fax: (512) 332-7241

Office Hours:

8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday / 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Friday

Marriage License Hours:

8:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Thursday / 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Friday

Information on Obtaining a Marriage License

2025-2026 Holiday Schedule

(County Clerk's Office will be closed on these Holidays)

Documents & Helpful Links

Forms and Applications:

DBA Applications

Redaction Requests

Vital Records:

Filing Fees:

Helpful Information:

Duties & Responsibilities from the Texas Assoc. of Counties

History of County Clerks in Texas

The office of County Clerk has been in existence in Texas since 1836, superseding the “escribano” of Spanish-Mexican rule.

Texas Constitution, Section 20, Article 5 provides:
There shall be elected for each county, by qualified voters, a County Clerk, who shall hold office for four years, who shall be clerk of the County and Commissioners' Courts and recorder of the county, whose duties, perquisites and fees of office shall be prescribed by the Legislature and a vacancy in whose office shall be filled by County Commissioners' Court until next general election; provided that in counties having a population of less than 8,000 there may be an election of a single Clerk who shall perform the duties of District and County Clerks. The county clerk is the record keeper and Registrar for the county, Commissioners' Court, County Court and County Courts at Law.

Duties of the County Clerk include recording and filing instruments that prove ownership or interest in real property, instruments concerning the identity of persons and commercial activities; misdemeanor criminal cases, probate court; data collection for reporting to several state and local agencies including the County Auditor, County Treasurer, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Department of Public Safety, Attorney General, Supreme Court of Texas and Office of Court Administration.

Additional duties include: recording cattle brands, records management, filing retired Notary records, Clerk for Juvenile Board, and Clerk for the Commissioners' Court.