Title & closing · Montgomery County, TX
Montgomery County solar lien search
By Jake Breaux, solar industry expert · Updated
The short version
In Montgomery County, Texas, a solar fixture filing is recorded with the Montgomery County Clerk, not with the Texas Secretary of State. The clerk's public search looks up grantors, grantees, document types and document numbers, and the clerk also runs a free alert that tells you when a new document matching your name is recorded. This page covers both.
Where do you search for a solar lien in Montgomery County?
In the Montgomery County Clerk's official records, through the clerk's online public search. A solar lien is usually a UCC fixture filing, and Texas sends fixture filings to the county clerk rather than the Secretary of State. A clean state UCC search does not clear a home in Conroe, The Woodlands or Magnolia.
The Texas Secretary of Statesends fixture filings to "a Texas county clerk". In Montgomery County that means theclerk's official record search. The rule for every state is on where to search for a solar lien.
How do you search Montgomery County records?
Type your name into the search box, which looks across grantors and grantees at once, and read the document type on each result for a UCC or financing statement. Leave the date range wide. Near the top the page tells you the date the index is certified through, so anything recorded after that date may not show yet.
| What | Montgomery County |
|---|---|
| Office | Montgomery County Clerk, 301 N. Thompson St., Conroe |
| Online search | montgomery.tx.publicsearch.us |
| Search by | Grantor or grantee name, subdivision, document type, document number, recorded date |
| Index current to | Shown on the search page as "certified through" a date (22 September 2026 when we checked on the 27th) |
| Records from | 1838 |
| Free alerts | The clerk will notify you when a new document matching your keywords is recorded |
What is the free alert, and should you use it?
It is a monitoring service from the clerk's office: you set keywords, usually your name, and you get an alert when a matching document is recorded. It catches a solar filing recorded against your name after you sign anything, which is the moment most people never think to check. The clerk describes it on theRecording and Real Property page.
What do you do if you find a solar filing?
Read who filed it. If it secures a solar loan you have paid off, ask the lender for a UCC-3 termination and have it recorded. If it protects a lease or power purchase agreement that is still running, ask the provider in writing what they need for a sale or refinance, and ask now, because their reply is the slow part.
The reason it matters is the buyer's lender.Fannie Mae's Selling Guiderequires a UCC search on a home with solar and requires a filing ahead of the mortgage to be subordinated before closing. More at selling a house with solar.
Does every kind of solar leave a filing?
No. Loans nearly always do, leases and power purchase agreements often do, and cash purchases and subscriptions leave nothing on the record. The breakdown is ondo solar panels put a lien on your house. We sell subscriptions, the no-filing kind, so read it knowing that.
Looking at solar for a Montgomery County home?
Run your bill through the estimator. It takes about a minute and a real person in Houston follows up. Check the Texas page first to see whether your address is in a service area and who this is a bad fit for.
Sources
We sell subscription solar, so don't take our word for the contract mechanics. These are the primary sources: check them.
- Official Record Search, Montgomery County Clerk
The search itself. Checked 27 September 2026: searches grantor, grantee, subdivision, document type or document number, with a recorded-date filter, and states the date the index is certified through.
- Recording and Real Property, Montgomery County Clerk
The clerk's page on what is recorded, records back to 1838, and the free service that alerts you when a new document matching your keywords is recorded.
- Uniform Commercial Code Frequently Asked Questions, Texas Secretary of State
The state's own filing office saying a fixture filing goes to a county clerk rather than to them.
- Selling Guide B2-3-04, Special Property Eligibility Considerations, Fannie Mae
Why a buyer's lender will look for a solar filing, and why one ranking ahead of the mortgage has to be subordinated.
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