Official Public Records of Real Property (see Part B.4, above). The appropriate person must sign the document, and that person's signature must be notarized (i.e., Release, Deed of Trust, Deed, etc.). I am trying to clear a deed of trust on a property that i have paid off through owner finance. The original promissory. In Texas, you record your deed with the County Clerk in the county where the property exists. The County Clerk's office maintains Official Public Records beginning in 1836. To record a Land Record, the document must be an original or clerk certified copy. It must be signed and notarized. The County Clerk's office maintains Official Public Records beginning in 1836.