Franklin County Clerk: DD-214 Filing and Certified Copies at No Charge

The office. Brook Noble, Franklin County Clerk, Franklin County Courthouse, 200 North Kaufman Street, Mount Vernon, TX 75457; phone 903-537-8357, fax 903-537-2962; [email protected]. From August 3, 2026: Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. (documents recorded until 4:00 p.m.), Fridays 8:00 a.m. to noon. In-person filers must show identification (Local Government Code 191.010(b), from September 1, 2025). The discharge. The Clerk's fee schedule, effective January 1, 2024: "MILITARY DISCHARGE (DD214) - FILING - Local Government Code §192.002(b) - NO CHARGE; CERTIFIED COPY - Texas Government Code § 603.003(a) - NO CHARGE - THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!" (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. The index. The Clerk's Genealogy panel links a "Public Military Discharge Index - 1875 - May 31, 2015", a name index of the discharges on record, useful to a family looking for a relative's papers; the papers themselves still go only to the people 552.140 lists.