Kaufman County
Kaufman County Clerk
In short
Kaufman County Clerk issues 1 permit we publish for Kaufman County, last verified 2026-10-31. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Clerk Signature and Wet/Dry Certification for TABC Applicationsonly if it applies to you | Kaufman County Clerk | The license or permit fee is set by TABC commission rule and paid to TABC (Alcoholic Beverage Code section 61.31(c) for an original license). Contact the County Clerk's office about any charge for the clerk's signature or certification. | per application; the clerk certifies within 30 days of a request, and once a permit or license is issued the wet-area certification stands until a later local option election (Alcoholic Beverage Code sections 11.37 and 61.37) | 2026-10-31 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
County Clerk Signature and Wet/Dry Certification for TABC Applications
A restaurant, coffee shop or store in Kaufman County applying for a Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission permit or license goes through the County Clerk. Alcoholic Beverage Code sections 11.37(a) (permits) and 61.37(a) (licenses) require the county clerk, within 30 days of a prospective applicant's request, to certify "whether the location or address given in the request is in a wet area" and whether the sale sought is prohibited by any valid order of the commissioners court. The County Clerk's Beer & Wine page sets out the order of signatures: the city secretary where the business is located, then "Bring the entire packet/application to the County Clerk's office for signature", then the Texas Comptroller, and then back to TABC. The page adds that a new business that has never had a beer and wine license must "run two (2) consecutive ads in the newspaper", consistent with section 61.38(a). TABC's "Unofficial list of Wet/Dry Areas in Texas", dated "As of Dec. 4, 2023", lists Kaufman County as "PW: B-On, B-Off, W-On, W-Off, DS-Off, RM" and lists Combine, Cottonwood, Grays Prairie, Rosser and Talty as "Dry"; TABC labels the list unofficial, and the clerk's certification under sections 11.37 and 61.37 governs a given address. The permit itself, and its fee, come from TABC.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Kaufman County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Beer & WineKaufman County Clerk · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-31
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Chapter 11 (§11.38, local fee on state liquor permits, capped at one-half the fee schedule in effect August 31, 2021)Texas Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code Chapter 61 (section 61.36, county fees)Texas Legislature · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-29
- Unofficial list of Wet/Dry Areas in Texas (As of Dec. 4, 2023)Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-28
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