About the Pushmataha County Clerk's Office
Cheryl Low serves as the elected Pushmataha County Clerk. Her office sits inside the Pushmataha County Courthouse in Antlers, the county seat. The County Clerk runs the county's recording office. That role centers on documents that affect real property in the county. It covers deeds, mortgages, liens, and plat maps. The office also keeps the recording indexes that let a person trace a title across the years. The counter is open to the public during regular business hours, and staff can point you to the right book and page.
This is a different job from the court clerk's job. The County Clerk does not file lawsuits, hold case dockets, or issue marriage licenses. It records and stores the paper trail behind land ownership in Pushmataha County. The block below gives the office address, phone, email, and the link to its online land-records portal.
Pushmataha County Clerk
Clerk: Cheryl Low
302 SW B St.
Antlers, OK 74523
580-298-3626
pushcty94@gmail.com
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
What the Pushmataha County Clerk Records
The County Clerk records the documents that prove who owns land and what claims sit against it. A deed shows a transfer. A mortgage shows a loan secured by property. A lien shows a debt attached to a parcel. Each one gets stamped, indexed, and filed so the public can find it later. The office handles real estate paper, not court paper. The list below shows the main types of records kept by the Pushmataha County Clerk.
- Deeds that transfer ownership of land and homes.
- Mortgages, plus the releases that clear them once paid.
- Liens filed against property, such as tax and judgment liens.
- Plats and survey maps that lay out lots and subdivisions.
- Mineral, oil, and gas instruments tied to local land.
- Recording indexes that track each document by book and page.
These instruments are recorded in real time as people bring them in. Once a document is recorded, it joins the permanent index and can be pulled by name, by date, or by its book and page. The depth of that index reaches back decades, which makes it the first stop for a title search in Pushmataha County.
Court Clerk and County Clerk in Pushmataha County
Two clerks share the Pushmataha County Courthouse, and they keep very different records. The Court Clerk holds court case files. The County Clerk holds land and recording files. People mix them up all the time. Then they search the wrong office and come up empty. A court case lookup and a land record lookup are two separate searches, and one will never turn up the other. The table sets the split side by side.
| Feature | Court Clerk | County Clerk |
|---|---|---|
| Main role | Court case files | Land and property records |
| Records kept | Civil, criminal, probate, divorce, small claims | Deeds, mortgages, liens, plats |
| Marriage licenses | Issues them | Does not handle them |
| Online search | OSCN | OKCountyRecords |
| Certified copies | Court documents | Recorded land documents |
So the rule is simple. For a deed, mortgage, or plat, use the County Clerk. For a lawsuit, a criminal case, a divorce, or a marriage license, use the Pushmataha County Court Clerk instead. If you are not sure where a case file lives, the county's court records page walks through that side. Land documents stay with the recording office covered here.
Searching Pushmataha County Land Records Online
The County Clerk's records run online through a vendor-hosted portal. It is the official county recording search, not a third-party data site. The system lets you look up recorded documents by name, type, and date, and it shows scanned images of many older filings. Indexed data goes back to March 1956. Scanned images start in January 1957. New documents are added as they are recorded, so the index stays current. You can reach the search at the OKCountyRecords Pushmataha County portal.
The page shown above is the county recording portal where you start a land records search. It offers a basic search, an advanced search, a book list, plat maps, and a fees section. The steps below run through a typical lookup.
- Open the OKCountyRecords Pushmataha County page in your browser.
- Choose Search for a quick lookup, or Advanced Search to add filters.
- Enter a name, a document type, or a book and page if you have one.
- Set a date range. Indexed data starts in March 1956.
- Open a result to view the index entry and any scanned image. Images begin in January 1957.
- Use the Book list or Plat maps links to browse recorded volumes and survey maps.
- Confirm anything used for a title or legal matter with the County Clerk.
Pushmataha County Land Record Search Tools
The county portal exposes a small set of tools, and each one serves a different need. The basic search is fast for a name or a single document. The advanced search adds filters when a name is common or a date range is known. The book list and plat maps help when you want to browse rather than hunt. The table maps each tool to what it does and lists the archive depth.
| Tool | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Search | Basic lookup by name or document. |
| Advanced Search | Adds filters such as date, document type, and book and page. |
| Book list | Browse recorded volumes by book number. |
| Plat maps | View survey maps and subdivision plats. |
| Fees | Lists copy and recording charges set by the county. |
| Indexed data | Begins March 1956. |
| Scanned images | Begin January 1957. |
Note: The portal adds new instruments in real time, so a freshly recorded document should appear soon after the County Clerk stamps and indexes it.
Requesting Pushmataha County Land Records by Phone or Mail
The online portal does not cover every need. A certified copy is one. A very old document that resists a clean search is another. So is a parcel where the chain of title gets tangled across several owners. For any of these, reach the County Clerk directly. The office sits in the Pushmataha County Courthouse in Antlers, and staff can pull a recorded document from the book and page or from a name. Phone the office at 580-298-3626, or email pushcty94@gmail.com with the details you have.
Bring or share as much as you can. A book and page number is the fastest path. A grantor or grantee name works well too. A legal description or parcel number helps the staff find the exact instrument. The office keeps regular hours from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., so plan a call or visit inside that window. For a copy you intend to use in a sale or a legal filing, ask for a certified copy rather than a plain print.
Fees for Pushmataha County Land Records
Recording a document and ordering a copy both carry a fee. The county portal has a Fees section, but the exact amounts were not captured during research because the live page blocked automated access. So this page does not list dollar figures it cannot confirm. The safe step is to ask the County Clerk for the current schedule before you record or order. The table shows the common items and points you to the office for each amount.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Recording fee per document | Confirm with the County Clerk |
| Plain copy per page | Confirm with the County Clerk |
| Certified copy | Confirm with the County Clerk |
| Plat or survey map copy | Confirm with the County Clerk |
Many county recording fees in Oklahoma are set by statute, so they can change when the law changes. The portal's Fees link and a quick call to the office are the two best ways to get a current figure. Have your payment method ready, since the counter and the online system may accept different forms of payment.
Open Records and Public Access in Pushmataha County
Recorded land documents are public by design. The whole point of recording a deed is to put the world on notice of who owns a parcel. Oklahoma backs that openness with the Oklahoma Open Records Act, which keeps government records open for inspection and copying during business hours unless a statute makes a record confidential. You do not need a reason to view a recorded instrument. You do not need to own the land to read its deed.
That openness has a few edges. Personal identifiers like Social Security numbers should not appear in a public recording, and staff may redact one that slipped through. A plain copy pulled online is free to view. A certified copy carries a fee and an official stamp, which a title company or court may require. For records held by other county offices, the same Open Records Act sends a request to whichever office actually keeps that record.
Federal Records and Indian Country in Pushmataha County
Not every legal matter in the county routes through a county office. Pushmataha County sits in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and that district is entirely Indian country within the Choctaw Nation Reservation. Some serious crimes that happen here are prosecuted in federal court rather than logged by any county clerk. Those files live in the federal system, not in the County Clerk's land index. A federal press release about an Antlers case shows how this works in practice.
The page shown above is a U.S. Attorney announcement, not a land-records tool, and it is included only to explain the federal overlay on county geography. You can read the release at the Eastern District of Oklahoma press release. The takeaway is a clean split. Federal crimes in Indian country are handled in federal court. Land and recording documents for the county stay with the Pushmataha County Clerk, the office covered throughout this page.