Armstrong County and District Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Posted Fees - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Tawnee Blodgett, Armstrong County and District Clerk, 100 Trice Street, Claude, Texas 79019; mail to P.O. Box 309, Claude, Texas 79019; phone (806) 553-2861, fax (806) 553-5981; [email protected]. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., open through the lunch hour; closed on Fridays. The discharge. The Clerk's page lists recording at $25 for the first page and $4 for each further page - mailed documents need a self-addressed return envelope and two inches left on the last page for the file stamps, and recording takes three to five business days - but names no discharge. Recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002 and a certified copy under Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years and releases it only to the veteran, the veteran's guardian, spouse, child or parent (or, with none living, the nearest living relative), the estate's personal representative, a person named in a power of attorney, a governmental body or the funeral home assisting with the burial. Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.