Delaware County Clerk: No Discharge Line and No Fee Line for Discharges - 72 O.S. 22 Carries the Free Recording

The office. Barbara Barnes, Delaware County Clerk (in office since 2011), 327 S. 5th St., Jay, OK 74343; mailing address P.O. Box 309, Jay, OK 74346; office (918) 253-4520 ext. 5, fax 918-253-8352; [email protected]; hours Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. First Deputy Michaele Baker. The office page: "Serves as the registrar of deeds and custodian of records; Serves as secretary to various boards, posting agendas and recording the proceedings; Reviews all claims, prepares warrants for payment, and keeps financial ledger; Maintains a 'judgment docket' where orders from the district court on real property are entered." The land records land on OKCountyRecords.com/search/delaware, with e-recording through Simplifile. The missing line. The county's fee schedule (delaware.okcounties.org/fees) carries the Clerk's recording table - fictitious-name certificates, liens, executions, plats, brands, deeds and mortgages with the documentary stamp tax - and no military-discharge line at all. Oklahoma's Title 72, section 22 requires the county clerk to record discharge papers "without charge" and furnish certified copies "without charge", and section 270 of Title 19 keeps the recorded discharge confidential - both are carried by the State entry, which also notes the November 1, 2026 change adding grandchildren to the authorized parties. A veteran asked to pay cites 72 O.S. 22. The minutes' clerk. The window's minutes are signed Barbara Barnes as board secretary, with the agendas filed by the County Clerk's office under the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.