Deaf Smith County Clerk: DD-214 Filing and Certified Copies at No Charge

The office. Rachel Garman, Deaf Smith County Clerk and Voter Registrar, 235 East 3rd Street, Room 203, Hereford, TX 79045; phone 806-363-7077, fax 806-363-7023. Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., open during the lunch hour. The discharge. The Clerk's fee schedule, effective January 1, 2024: "Military Discharge (DD214) - Filing - No Charge; Certified Copies - No Charge. Thank you for your service!" 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. Assumed names. The same schedule notes that under HB 1646, effective September 1, 2017, a clerk "MAY waive fees associated with the filing of an assumed name certificate or statement of abandonment" for a registrant who is a military veteran, and that "Proper ID proving veteran status at the time of filing will be required by the Deaf Smith County Clerk's Office." The certificate otherwise costs $22.