Colorado County Clerk: Honorable Discharges Recorded and Certified, No Charge

The office. Kimberly Menke, Colorado County Clerk, Colorado County Courthouse Annex, 318 Spring Street, Room 103, Columbus, Texas 78934; phone (979) 732-2155, fax (979) 732-8852; [email protected]. Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. The Clerk's records are searchable through the county's public access portal. The fee line. The Clerk's fee schedule (January 2024) lists "Honorable Discharge Form 214 - Recording/Certified Copies - No Charge." Local Government Code 192.002 makes the recording free and Government Code 603.003 the certified copy (see the Texas entry). Who may have a copy. 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 Clerk posts no request form; bring identification and proof of relationship.