Bandera County Clerk: Free DD-214 Filing and Copies, and Assumed Name Fees Waivable for Veterans

The Bandera County Clerk (Tandie Mansfield, 500 Main Street, Bandera, 830-796-3332) files a military discharge and issues a certified copy at no charge, and its fee schedule says the Clerk may waive the assumed name (DBA) filing fees for a veteran under the 2017 law, with proper ID proving veteran status at filing.

Also called: County Clerk, Tandie Mansfield, DD-214, DD214, discharge, assumed name, DBA, HB 1646, 71.155, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 830-796-3332, Bandera, Lakehills, Medina, Pipe Creek, Tarpley, Vanderpool.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Bandera County, TXCounty

The office. Tandie Mansfield, County Clerk, 500 Main Street, P.O. Box 823, Bandera, TX 78003; office 830-796-3332; Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Official public records search in the office or on texaslandrecords.com. The discharge line. The Clerk's fee schedule (effective January 1, 2024), under "MILITARY DISCHARGE (DD214)": "FILING - LGC §192.002(b) - No Charge; CERTIFIED COPY - TGC § 603.003(a) - No Charge - Thank you for your service!" Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential and releases it only to the veteran and the others it lists (see the Texas entry). Assumed names. The same schedule: "Effective September 1, 2017 - HB 1646: A clerk MAY waive fees associated with the filing of an assumed name certificate or statement of abandonment for a registrant who is a military veteran. **Proper ID proving veteran status at the time of filing will be required by the Bandera County Clerk's Office.**" The waiver rests on Business and Commerce Code 71.155(a-1) and is the Clerk's choice; the schedule announces it without promising it, so a veteran opening a sole proprietorship or partnership under a trade name should bring a DD-214 or veteran ID and ask. A corporation, LLC or limited partnership files its assumed name with the Secretary of State instead.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Bandera County Clerk: Free DD-214 Filing and Copies, and Assumed Name Fees Waivable for Veterans
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge or veteran ID	Discharge filing and certified copies are free under the State statutes; the assumed name waiver is at the Clerk’s discretion with proof of veteran status at filing. No rating is needed.

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