Brewster County Clerk: Military Discharges Filed and Certified Free

The office. Sarah Lujan, Brewster County Clerk ([email protected]), Brewster County Courthouse Annex, 201 West Ave E., Alpine, Texas 79830 (mail: P.O. Drawer 119, Alpine, Texas 79831); phone 432-837-6200 extension 202, fax 432-837-6217. Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The office takes cash, cards, money orders and cashier's checks, not personal checks; a person filing in the real property records in person must show a photo identification (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The fee lines. The Clerk's "Fee Schedule, Effective: July 22, 2025" (issued under the name Sarah Vasquez, the name in the Clerk's e-mail address) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)": filing, no charge; certified copy, no charge, as Local Government Code 192.002 and Government Code 603.003 provide (see the Texas entry). Other certified copies cost $5 a document plus $1 a page. Who may have a copy. 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. The Clerk posts no request form; bring identification and proof of relationship.