Cass County Clerk: Military Discharges Filed and Copied, No Charge

The office. Amy L. Varnell, County Clerk, 100 E. Houston Street, Linden, TX 75563 (P.O. Box 449); (903) 756-5071, fax (903) 756-8057; [email protected]. Hours Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. No personal checks. The discharge lines. The Clerk's fee schedule lists "Military Discharge - No Charge" for filing and, under copies, "Military Discharges: ID Required - No Charge", adding: "You must be immediate family (mother, father, sister, brother, child, step parent) to obtain a copy other than your own." Requests for discharge copies must include a copy of the requester's driver's licence or ID, and filed discharges, unlike other documents, are not mailed back after a week. Local Government Code 192.002 makes the filing free and Government Code 603.003 the certified copy (see the Texas entry). Who may have a copy. Government Code 552.140 lists 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; and a governmental body. The Clerk's line names siblings and step-parents but not a spouse, a guardian or a person holding the veteran's power of attorney; a spouse or agent turned away should cite the statute.