# Harris County TX UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors, Lenders (`lienintel/harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings`) Actor

Search Harris County, Texas UCC financing statements, federal tax liens and mechanics liens by debtor or secured party. Get parties, dates, legal description and document links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lienintel/harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings.md
- **Developed by:** [LienIntel - UCC & Secured Lending Intelligence.](https://apify.com/lienintel) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Lead generation, Automation
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## Pricing

from $30.00 / 1,000 results

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Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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# README

## Harris County TX UCC & Lien Filings: Debtors, Lenders & Documents

Search Harris County, Texas public lien records by debtor, secured party or exact file number. Get the filing number, filing date, document type, every named debtor and secured party, the legal description, page count and a public document link in one clean JSON record.

This actor covers the Harris County Clerk's public real-property index for **UCC financing statements**, **federal tax liens**, **mechanics and materialman's lien contracts** and **lien affidavits**. It is built for Houston-area lending, credit, collections, construction and due-diligence teams that need recent lien activity without reading the county index by hand.

### What you get

- **Filing number** and **filing date** exactly as published.
- **Document type** and normalized **lien category**: `ucc`, `federal_tax_lien` or `mechanics_lien`.
- **Debtor / grantor names** and **secured party / grantee names**, including every party on the filing.
- **Legal description** (subdivision, lot, block, section, tract or abstract) when the county publishes it.
- **Page count**, **film code** and a **public document viewer link** when available.
- **County and state** fields, source URL and observation timestamp.
- Flat snake_case JSON that opens directly in Excel, Google Sheets or your CRM.

### Who it is for

- **MCA and ISO brokers** — find merchants with new UCC financing statements and identify the incumbent funder from the secured party name.
- **Equipment finance, factoring and commercial lenders** — monitor competitor secured-party activity in Harris County.
- **Credit, collections and recovery teams** — spot federal tax liens and mechanics liens against businesses and property owners.
- **Construction suppliers and subcontractors** — source mechanics lien and lien affidavit filings by owner, contractor or project.
- **KYB, legal and due-diligence teams** — verify the parties, dates and document trail behind a Harris County filing.

### How to use it

1. Add one or more **debtor / grantor names** (for an individual use `LAST FIRST`, for a business use the full name).
2. Or add one or more **secured party / grantee names** to find every filing where that lender or funder appears.
3. Or paste exact **Harris County file numbers** for a precise lookup.
4. Choose a **lien type**: all, UCC, federal tax liens or mechanics liens.
5. Set a **filing date range** and a **maximum number of filings**.

Each name is searched separately and results are deduplicated, so the same name in two lists is not charged twice. File-number lookups ignore the date range. Free Apify users receive up to 10 results per run.

### Coverage and limits

- **Jurisdiction:** Harris County, Texas (Houston).
- **Records:** UCC financing statements, federal tax liens, mechanics and materialman's lien contracts, and lien affidavits from the county's public real-property index.
- **Dates:** the county index retains records back to the 1990s; use a wide date range for older filings.
- **Result page:** the public index returns up to **200 rows per query**. For a very common name, narrow the name or date range to see the full set. The actor reports when a query reaches the source page limit.
- **Party detail:** the index publishes party names and legal descriptions, not mailing addresses. Use the document link for the recorded image.
- **Freshness:** records are read from the county's current public index at run time.

### Output example

```json
{
  "filing_number": "RP-2026-98026",
  "filing_date": "2026-03-16",
  "document_type_code": "FI STM",
  "document_type": "UCC Financing Statement",
  "lien_category": "ucc",
  "debtor_name": "SMITH GARY",
  "debtor_names": "SMITH GARY",
  "secured_party_name": "GOODLEAP LLC",
  "secured_party_names": "GOODLEAP LLC",
  "grantor_count": 1,
  "grantee_count": 1,
  "property_description": "LAKES ON ELDRIDGE NORTH, Sec 7, Lot 2, Block 5",
  "pages": 3,
  "film_code": "RP-2026-98026",
  "document_url": "https://www.cclerk.hctx.net/applications/websearch/EComm/ViewEdocs.aspx?ID=...",
  "county": "Harris",
  "state": "TX",
  "source": "Harris County Clerk Real Property Records",
  "search_role": "debtor",
  "search_term": "SMITH",
  "observed_at": "2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

- **$0.03 per result** delivered.
- **$0.003 actor start** per run (synthetic Apify start event; one event at 512 MB).
- **No result charge on a no-data run.** The start event still applies.
- Free users are capped at 10 results per run.
- Set a maximum spend in Apify to cap a run. Charging stops as soon as the spend limit is reached.

### FAQ

**Is this a consumer credit report?** No. It is a public-record research tool. Do not use it for credit, employment, housing or tenant decisions regulated by the FCRA.

**Does it return every party on a filing?** Yes, every debtor/grantor and secured party/grantee name published on the result row is returned.

**Does it include addresses?** The Harris County index publishes party names and legal descriptions, not mailing addresses. The public document link opens the recorded image when the county provides one.

**Why did I get fewer than my maximum?** The public index returns up to 200 rows per query, or there may be no matching records for that name and date range. Narrow the name or widen the dates and run again.

**Why is a file-number lookup outside my date range?** Exact file-number lookups are intentionally not date-limited; the number already identifies the filing.

**Can I search by lender?** Yes. Add the lender to **secured party / grantee names** to find every filing where it appears.

### Related LienIntel actors

LienIntel publishes state and local UCC, tax-lien and mechanics-lien actors with the same flat output and pay-per-result pricing. See the LienIntel organization page for Colorado, Connecticut, Oregon, Alabama, New York City, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Idaho, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Iowa, Mississippi and more.

### Legal

Public records are provided for research and business intelligence. Verify every record against the official county filing before relying on it for a legal, lending or financial decision. LienIntel is not affiliated with Harris County or the Harris County Clerk.

# Actor input Schema

## `debtorNames` (type: `array`):

Debtor or grantor names to search, up to 20. For an individual use LAST FIRST, for example SMITH JOHN. For a business use the full name. Each name is searched separately.

## `securedPartyNames` (type: `array`):

Lender, secured party or grantee names to search, up to 20. Example: GOODLEAP LLC. Each name is searched separately.

## `fileNumbers` (type: `array`):

Exact Harris County file numbers, up to 20. Example: RP-2026-98026. File-number lookups are not limited by the date range.

## `lienType` (type: `string`):

Choose the public index category to search. All types searches UCC, federal tax and mechanics liens. Mechanics includes lien contracts and lien affidavits.

## `filingDateFrom` (type: `string`):

Earliest filing date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to 30 days before the run.

## `filingDateTo` (type: `string`):

Latest filing date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to today.

## `maxFilings` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of filings to return and charge. The public result page returns up to 200 rows per query; narrow the name or date range for more complete coverage. Free users are capped at 10 results per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "lienType": "all",
  "maxFilings": 25
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per Harris County filing with debtor, secured party, filing date, document type, legal description and document link.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lienintel/harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lienintel/harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call lienintel/harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lienintel/harris-county-tx-ucc-lien-filings"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/uNdPJHUbTfQ4diP9i/builds/zn6zZ8tnlYOjvvUGU/openapi.json