Burke County Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Courts (Radeta G. Smith): the recorder of military discharges

The Burke County Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Courts - Radeta G. Smith, Burke County Judicial Center, 200 East 6th Street, P.O. Box 803, Waynesboro (706-554-2279, [email protected], weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the county's own page names her offices and duties and prints no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Radeta G. Smith, DD-214, discharge, military discharges, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 706-554-2279, 200 East 6th Street, P.O. Box 803, Judicial Center, Waynesboro, Waynesboro, Sardis, Girard, Keysville, Midville, Vidette.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Burke County, GACounty

The office. The county's Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Court page seats the clerk with her duties: "RADETA G. SMITH, Clerk of Superior, State, and Juvenile Courts, Traffic Citation Clerk, BOE Administrator, Jury Clerk", at the Burke County Judicial Center, 200 East 6th Street, PO Box 803, Waynesboro, GA 30830, 706-554-2279, [email protected], "Office Hours 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (EST)". The page and its links (cost and fee schedule, citation payments, jury information, pro se forms, the Augusta Judicial Circuit's ADR) carry no discharge line - the recording duty is the statute's. The statute. Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential for fifty years under 15-6-72, with free copies to the authorized list (the State entries carry the sections and the synopsis); a Burke veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's Judicial Center office at 200 East 6th Street and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Burke County Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Courts (Radeta G. Smith): the recorder of military discharges
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

Sources

Burke County, Clerk of Superior, State and Juvenile Court (read 2026-11-03)Official

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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