Clay County Recorder of Deeds: Military Discharge Records
The Clay County Recorder of Deeds in Liberty records a DD-214 or any other discharge or separation document free of charge and gives free copies and certified copies, but only to an authorized party who submits a notarized request form, one discharge per form.
Also called: DD-214, DD214, recorder of deeds, discharge papers, closed record, Liberty, 59.480, certified copy.
The duty is the State's; see the Missouri entry on section 59.480, under which the recorder records a discharge free and keeps it closed. The Clay County Recorder's own page defines what it takes: "'Military discharge document', a discharge, separation notice, certificate of service, report of transfer or discharge, or any other notice or document which is evidence of severance or transfer from military service and which contains a service record from the Armed Forces of the United States... including but not limited to the Department of Defense form DD 214."
Why record. "Recording your DD-214 paperwork can save you headaches in the future; however, you are not required to file your military records. Recording them safeguards them and allows you to obtain certified copies." And: "There is no charge or compensation for filing military documents in the Recorder of Deeds office."
Copies. "Images of a military discharge document or copies thereof shall only be made available to an authorized party by submitting a notarized request form to the Recorder of Deeds"; there is "no charge for copies or certified copies", and each request form covers one discharge. The office is at 1 Courthouse Square, Liberty, MO 64068, (816) 407-3600.
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