Eddy County Clerk: the Free Military Discharge Recording

The Eddy County Clerk (Cara Cooke, Eddy County Administration Complex, 325 S. Main Street, Carlsbad, 575-885-3383; Artesia Sub Office, 602 S. 1st Street, 575-746-2541) records a veteran's DD-214 at no charge - the office's own fee schedule prices recordings from $25 per block of ten index entries and names no discharge line, which records free under 14-8-17.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge papers, clerk, recording, free, 14-8-17, 14-8-9.1, Cara Cooke, 575-885-3383, 575-746-2541, Carlsbad, Artesia, Carlsbad, Artesia, Loving, La Huerta, Malaga, Loco Hills, Atoka.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Eddy County, NMCounty

New Mexico county clerks record discharges free; see the New Mexico entry on legal protections (14-8-17). The Eddy County Clerk's fee schedule: "Documents (1 to 10 index entries) $25 NMSA 14-8-15B"; "Each additional block of 10 indexed entries $25 NMSA 14-8-15C"; plats and UCC filings priced beside them - and no military-discharge line, because a discharge is recorded without charge, and section 14-8-9.1 limits who may get copies of a recorded discharge. Where and when. County Clerk Cara Cooke, Eddy County Administration Complex, 325 S Main Street, Carlsbad, NM 88220; 575-885-3383, fax 575-234-1793. The Artesia Sub Office: 602 S 1st Street, Artesia, NM 88210; 575-746-2541, fax 575-746-6525. The office's roles page names the clerk ex-officio clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, ex-officio clerk of the Probate Court, the county's chief election official and "Recorder of Real Estate Records", with "All RECORDING should be sent to the Carlsbad location".

Thresholds

Thresholds for Eddy County Clerk: the Free Military Discharge Recording
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge is free under State law and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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