Comanche County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The Comanche County Clerk (Ruby Lesley, 204 E. Oak Ave., Comanche, 325-356-2655) posts no military-discharge line on its recording fee schedule or its page; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State’s.

Also called: County Clerk, Ruby Lesley, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 325-356-2655, Comanche, De Leon, Gustine.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Comanche County, TXCounty

The office. Ruby Lesley, County Clerk, 204 E. Oak Ave., Comanche, TX 76442; phone 325-356-2655; the page links a contact form. The Clerk's recording fee schedule (effective January 1, 2024) gives the office's address as 101 W. Central Ave. The missing line. The recording fee schedule lists real property, miscellaneous filing and copy fees but no military discharge, and the Clerk's page names none. Local Government Code 192.002 makes the filing free, Government Code 603.003 makes the certified copy free, and Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years, releasing it only to the veteran and the others it lists (see the Texas entry). A veteran asked to pay should cite the statutes.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Comanche County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

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