
Cooke County Clerk
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What does this office do?
The Cooke County Clerk is the county office that keeps many of Cooke County’s official records. For a Gainesville resident, this is where you may go for marriage licenses, birth and death certificates, land records, plats, and assumed business name filings. The clerk files, preserves, and provides access to these records when the law allows.
The clerk also helps run parts of county government and the local court system. The office keeps records for Commissioners Court meetings and handles some county court records, such as certain civil and misdemeanor cases. In Cooke County, the County Clerk’s office also has an elections division, while voter registration is handled by the county voter registrar.
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Last verified May 12, 2026
