Cayuga County (New York) Clerk: Return the Favor and DD-214 recording

The Cayuga County Clerk's Return the Favor programme, running since 2010, enrolls a veteran who files a DD-214 in the clerk's office into a discount card accepted by more than 150 local businesses (the merchant list is posted); the clerk's fee schedule prices no military-discharge recording fee and serves certified copies to the veteran, spouse, parent or child with identification. 199 Franklin Street, Auburn; (315) 253-1271.

Also called: Return the Favor, veteran discount, discount card, DD-214, DD214, military discharge, recording, certified copies, free, merchant list, County Clerk, 315-253-1271, 199 Franklin Street, Auburn, Aurelius, Brutus, Cato, Conquest, Fleming, Genoa, Ira, Ledyard, Locke, Mentz, Montezuma, Moravia, Niles, Owasco, Scipio, Sempronius, Sennett, Springport, Sterling, Summerhill, Throop, Venice, Victory, Weedsport, Port Byron, Union Springs, Fair Haven, Aurora.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Cayuga County, NYCounty

The programme. The Clerk's page: "In 2010, the Cayuga County Clerk's Office started a Veterans Discount Program called Return the Favor. To date, we have over 150 local businesses that offer discounts to Veterans." "We just need the Veteran to file their DD214 (Military Discharge Papers) in our office, and then they are eligible for all of our discounts!" Businesses complete an application and are sent a decal and added to the Merchant Participation List, which the clerk keeps posted. The clerk partners with the Auburn Downtown Business District, the County Veterans Office and the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce. Questions: (315) 253-1271. The recording. The clerk's Schedule of Fees carries a "MILITARY DISCHARGE" section: "File DD214 - Veterans are eligible to participate in Cayuga County Return the Favor Program. Certified Copies available to Veteran, Spouse, Parent, Child - ID Required", with no recording fee printed. The Recording Office's pages name no other discharge practice - the State's rule (see the New York entries) carries it - and its responsibilities list also names "Veterans Peddler's licenses" among the documents it files. Where. County Clerk, 199 Franklin Street, Auburn, NY 13021; (315) 253-1271; Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (July and August, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.); filing and recording at the counters stops 15 minutes before closing.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Cayuga County (New York) Clerk: Return the Favor and DD-214 recording
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge who files it with the Cayuga County Clerk	Filing a DD-214 with the clerk enrolls the veteran in the discount programme; certified copies go to the veteran, spouse, parent or child with ID. No rating is needed.

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