Columbia County Register & Recorder: the Free Military Discharge Recording

The Columbia County Register & Recorder (Brenda Lupini, 35 West Main Street, Bloomsburg, 570-389-5632) records a military discharge for no fee - the Recorder of Deeds fee schedule’s own line reads "Discharge - Military (Veteran) 0.00 FREE" - and the record is confidential under 16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 13.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, free, Register & Recorder, Recorder of Deeds, Brenda Lupini, 570-389-5632, 35 West Main Street, Bloomsburg, fee schedule, Bloomsburg, Berwick, Danville, Mifflinville, Catawissa, Orangeville, Benton, Millville.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Columbia County, PACounty

Pennsylvania's recorders record discharges and keep them confidential (16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 13; see the Pennsylvania entry on discharge recording). What Columbia's fee schedule says is the county's own line: under the Recorder of Deeds Fee Schedule, revised effective November 17, 2025, between "Declaration of Taking or Trust 18.50" and "Easement 59.75**" sits "Discharge - Military (Veteran) 0.00 FREE". The schedule's header notes each fee's $3.00 Recorder Improvement Fund and $2.00 County Improvement Fund - the discharge line carries none of them. Where. Columbia County Register & Recorder, 35 West Main Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815; (570) 389-5632, fax 570-389-5636; the office email runs through the county's contact form. The Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds is Brenda Lupini, elected November 5, 2019; the office's recording requirements and its Landex online-records route sit on the same page.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Columbia County Register & Recorder: the Free Military Discharge Recording
Gate	Rule
Veteran with a discharge to record	Record the discharge with the Register & Recorder at no fee; the statute keeps it confidential. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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