Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court: Free Recording and Copies of Military Discharges

The Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court's Real Estate Division records a veteran's DD-214, NPRC raised-seal copy or NA Form 13038 free at the courthouse, Suite 1007, Cumming, and gives free copies, certified or not, only to those Code section 15-6-72 lists, on the clerk's affidavit.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, Clerk of Superior Court, recording, 15-6-72, affidavit, Cumming.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Forsyth County, GACounty

Georgia's clerks of superior court record discharges free; the Georgia entry on discharge recording describes the law. The Forsyth County Clerk of Superior Court: "A veteran desiring to have his or her military discharge records permanently recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Forsyth County should bring the records to the Real Estate Division of the Clerk's Office. The office is located at the Forsyth County Courthouse, Suite 1007, Cumming GA 30040." What counts. Copy 4 of the DD Form 214, a DD-214 with a raised seal from the National Personnel Records Center, or National Archives Form 13038. The cost. "There is no filing fee for this service, nor is there a fee for obtaining copies, certified or otherwise." Who may see it. For 50 years after filing only the veteran, the spouse or next of kin, an attorney-in-fact, the veteran's administrator, executor, guardian or legal representative, or an attorney for any of them (Code section 15-6-72(c)); the clerk posts an Affidavit Military Discharge Records for the request.

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