Duval County Clerk: DD-214 Copies at No Charge

The office. Araseli B. "Sally" Lichtenberger, Duval County Clerk; physical address 400 E. Gravis, 1st Floor, San Diego, Texas 78384, mailing address P.O. Box 248, San Diego, TX 78384; phone 361-279-6272 or 6274; Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The discharge. The Clerk's "Application for Cert Copy of Form DD214" is headed "APPLICATION FOR DD214 - No Charge" and asks for the full name on the discharge record, the dates of birth and discharge, the applicant's name, address, telephone and relationship to the veteran, the purpose, and a photocopy of the applicant's identification, warning that a false statement can bring 2 to 10 years in prison. The filing fee schedule (effective January 1, 2014) has 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.