Dawson County Clerk: Request for a Copy of a Military Discharge

The office. Clare Christy, Dawson County Clerk, 400 South 1st Street, Room 205, Lamesa, Texas 79331 (mail P.O. Box 1268); 806-329-3311; [email protected]. Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The discharge. The Clerk's page links "Request Pertaining to Military Records", a "Request for Copy of Military Discharge Form" asking for the veteran's name, discharge date, gender, date and place of birth, the requester's name, telephone, address and relationship to the veteran, the purpose and an ID number, with a section for mailing the copy to someone else and the requester's signature. It states no fee, and the recording fee schedule of 2024 has no discharge line. 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.