Bulloch County Clerk of Courts: the Free Military Discharge Recording

Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential under 15-6-72 (the State entries). What Bulloch's Clerk of Courts adds is its own statement of the service on the clerk's site. The Military Discharge Records page: "A veteran desiring to have his or her military records permanently recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Bulloch County should bring the records to the Real Estate Division of the Clerk's Office. The office is located at the Bulloch County Judicial Annex, 20 Siebald Street, Statesboro, Georgia. There is no filing fee for this service, nor is there a fee for obtaining copies, certified or otherwise. However, to protect military discharge records against fraudulent misuse, strict enforcement of Georgia laws are followed concerning who may view and receive copies of discharge records." The page then carries the synopsis of O.C.G.A. 15-6-72(c): "(1) Any DD-214 record filed pursuant to this Code section shall for a period of 50 years following its filing be exempt from Chapter 18 of Title 50, relating to open records. During that 50 year period, it shall be unlawful for any person to permit inspection of any such record, to disclose information contained in any such record, or to issue a copy of all or any part of such record except as authorized by this subsection or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (2) Upon presentation of proper identification, any of the following persons may examine a record filed pursuant to this Code section or obtain free of charge a copy or certified copy of all or part of such record:" Where and who. The Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Court of Bulloch County, 20 Siebald Street, Statesboro GA 30458; 912-764-9009, fax 912-764-5953; the clerk is Heather Banks McNeal (the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit's directory row for Bulloch County), with the county's own site carrying the clerk's office among its Judicial listings. The clerk's Court Costs and Recording Fees page prices the recording list; the discharge carries no fee by the page above.