Falls County Clerk: Military Discharges Filed and Copied Free

The office. Elizabeth Coker-Perez, County Clerk, Falls County Courthouse, Room 202, 125 Bridge Street, Marlin, TX 76661 (P.O. Box 458); 254-883-1408; [email protected]. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; a Spanish-speaking employee is on staff. The fee schedule. The Clerk's fee schedule (effective January 1, 2024), under "Military Discharge (DD214)": filing, no charge (Local Government Code 192.002(b)); certified copy, no charge (Government Code 603.003(a)). The request form. The "Request for Copy of Military Discharge Form", linked from the Clerk's page, asks for the veteran's name, discharge date, birth date and last four Social Security digits, the requester's relationship to the veteran and purpose, and a mailing address, and goes to the Falls County Clerk, P.O. Box 458, Marlin, TX 76661. It closes: "Your service to our country is deeply appreciated." Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded since September 1, 2003 confidential and lists who may have a copy (see the Texas entry).