Dimmit County Clerk: DD-214s Recorded, No Discharge Line on the Recording Fees - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Claudia McDaniel, Dimmit County Clerk (chief deputy Belinda Sandoval), 103 N. 5th Street, Carrizo Springs, Texas 78834; phone (830) 876-2323, option 5, then 2 for recording; [email protected]. Mailed recordings need a self-addressed stamped envelope for the originals' return. The discharge. The Clerk's page names "DD214's military discharge" among the instruments the office processes. Its "Recording Fees for Official Public Records" table (effective January 1, 2024, a scan) lists recording at $25 for the first page and $4 for each further page and certification at $5, but 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. Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.