DeKalb County Clerk of Superior Court: Free DD-214 Recording

The DeKalb Clerk of Superior Court records DD-214s for DeKalb residents on the spot and gives certified copies, all at no charge, and warns veterans not to pay companies to file them. Its page says only the veteran or next of kin may get a copy; State law also lets a spouse, an agent under a power of attorney, a legal representative or a lawyer.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge papers, Clerk of Superior Court, 15-6-72, certified copy, Decatur.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

DeKalb County, GACounty

The Clerk records military discharges under Code section 15-6-72; see the Georgia entry. Its page: "There is no charge for filing and no charge for certified copies for Veterans or beneficiaries. ... Do not pay 3rd party businesses to file your DD214 for safekeeping." Bring the original DD-214, a DD-214 with a raised seal from the National Personnel Records Center, or National Archives Form 13038; originals are recorded immediately and returned. A Second World War veteran's discharge on the War Department forms of 1941 to 1946 can also be recorded. Who can get a copy. The page says "only the Veteran or their next of kin with proper documentation can retrieve a certified copy". Section 15-6-72(c)(2) also allows the spouse, a person named in the veteran's power of attorney, the administrator, executor, guardian or legal representative, and a lawyer for any of them, with identification. The Clerk is at 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur.

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Last updated 2026-10-02.

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