Coke County and District Clerk: "Military Discharge (DD214)" at "NO CHARGE" and a Notarized Copy Request

The office. Carolla Orcutt, Coke County and District Clerk (chief deputy Cindy Sawyer, [email protected]), 13 E. 7th Street, Robert Lee, Texas 76945; phone 325-453-2631, fax 325-453-2157; [email protected]. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed noon to 1 on Thursdays) and Friday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the hours may vary during elections. The office takes checks, cards, money orders and cashier's checks, and exact cash only. The discharge. The Clerk's fee schedule (effective January 1, 2024, still headed with the former Clerk's name, Jennifer Burdett) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)" at "NO CHARGE". The "DD214 Copy Application" is a "Request for Certified Copies - DD214 (Military Discharge)": the service member's name, Social Security number and date of separation, the requester's name and relationship to the veteran, signed before a notary, with a copy of a valid picture ID required; its second page reprints Government Code 552.140, which keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years and releases it, free, only to 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, a governmental body or the funeral home assisting with the burial. The free filing is Local Government Code 192.002 and the free copy Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). The form still carries the former Clerk's e-mail address; use the office's.