Collingsworth County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Jackie Johnson, Collingsworth County Clerk (the County-District Clerk in the budget's certificate), 800 W. Avenue, #10, Wellington, TX 79095; phone 806-447-2408, fax 806-447-2409; [email protected]. The discharge. The Clerk's page gives the recording fee for official public records - "$16.00 for the first page and $4.00 for each additional page" - and links birth and death certificate help, but names no discharge. Recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002 and a certified copy under Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years and releases it 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 Veterans Service Officer can also help request a discharge from the federal records (see collingsworth-tx-veterans-services). Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.