Recorded deeds document SpaceX land transfers near Brownsville and Boca Chica

County deeds describe September surface interests and the October 5 refuge exchange. A separate state power-generation filing remains pending.

Starship ignites at Starbase during Flight 5, October 13, 2024 — file photograph
File photograph: Starship Flight 5, October 13, 2024. Photo: Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0. Not a photograph of the transferred property or proposed power facility.

Recorded Cameron County deeds document separate SpaceX land transactions near Brownsville and Boca Chica, while a state power-generation filing for the company remains pending.

A deed dated September 11 and recorded September 18 names Space Exploration Technologies Corp. as the recipient of an approximately 98.32% undivided interest in the surface only of 1,414.68 acres. The document reserves minerals and related rights to the sellers.

A second deed, dated September 14 and recorded September 21, transfers surface rights from Linde Inc. to SpaceX. The county index describes 86.26 acres. The two deeds describe tracts totaling about 1,500.94 acres; that acreage does not mean SpaceX received every ownership interest throughout the land.

Separate deeds recorded October 5 document the Boca Chica refuge land exchange. A federal quitclaim deed conveys approximately 727 acres to SpaceX and Dogleg Park, LLC. The corresponding warranty deed conveys 683.01 acres to the United States.

These ownership transfers are distinct from Starbase’s annexation ordinances, which change municipal boundaries. They also do not establish approval for a particular construction project.

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s central-registry dataset lists SpaceX’s Boca Chica Facility under electric power generation. Air New Source registration 185303 is marked pending. A secondary computer-processing industry code is also listed; the registry does not establish a confirmed data center, generating capacity or fuel type.

Gateway to Mars reported on the deeds October 16 and 17. SPI NEWS reviewed the county’s indexes and relevant deed-preview pages, along with the state registry data, on October 18, 2026.

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