Decatur County Clerk of Superior Court (Cecilia Willis): the clerk’s own Military Discharge Records page
The Decatur County Clerk of Superior Court - Cecilia Willis, P.O. Box 336, Bainbridge, GA 39818 (229-248-3025) - keeps the county's own Military Discharge Records page on the clerk's site, decaturclerk.com: "We will gladly record your DD214 and/or Discharge Papers at no charge to you. Veterans will always be provided certified copies at no expense and, if necessary, the same service will be afforded to their next of kin"; the page lists the eligible records, reprints the O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 fifty-year closure and its authorized-viewer list, and cites 15-6-78(a) for the free recording.
Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Cecilia Willis, DD-214, discharge, military discharge records, recording, no charge, certified copies, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 229-248-3025, P.O. Box 336, Bainbridge, Bainbridge, Attapulgus, Brinson, Climax.
The page. The clerk's own site, decaturclerk.com, lists "Military Discharge Records" among its services, and the page reads: "Recording your DD214 in your local Clerk's Office assures that a copy will be available for your or your family in the event your original is lost or destroyed. Veterans are always encouraged to file in their county of residence. Once recorded, should the veteran move, the DD214 should be recorded in the veteran's new county of residence. Those people who travel frequently are encouraged to file their DD214 in multiple locations. We will gladly record your DD214 and/or Discharge Papers at no charge to you. Veterans will always be provided certified copies at no expense and, if necessary, the same service will be afforded to their next of kin."
The records and the closure. "Military Discharge Records are those documents issued upon the discharge of members of the armed services from military service. Records eligible for recording are the Discharge Certificate, copy 4 of the DD Form 214, any copy of DD Form 214 with a raised seal, or the United States National Archives Form 10308. OCGA 15-6-72(a) There is no fee for recording Military Discharge Records. OCGA 15-6-78(a)." The page reprints the fifty-year closure: "Military Discharge Records are not subject to the open records act for a period of 50 years from the date of filing", with the authorized viewer list - the subject, the spouse or next of kin, a named power of attorney, the estate's representative, and an attorney for any of them - and closes: "A fee shall not be charged for providing copies or certified copies of DD214's to those persons authorized to receive such copies. OCGA 15-6-72(c)(2)."
Where and who. Cecilia Willis, Clerk of Superior Court; the clerk's site gives "Decatur County Clerk of Court, PO Box 336, Bainbridge, Ga 39818, 229-248-3025". A Decatur veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's courthouse office and asks there for copies.
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Thresholds for Decatur County Clerk of Superior Court (Cecilia Willis): the clerk’s own Military Discharge Records page
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Any veteran with a discharge
The recording and the copies are free per the clerk’s own page, and the record is closed for fifty years under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72. No rating is needed.
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