Fremont County Clerk and Recorder: Free DD-214 Recording

The rules are the State's; see the Colorado entry on discharge recording. The Clerk and Recorder's page: "The Fremont County Clerk and Recorder's Office is proud to support our veterans by recording military discharge paperwork. This is done free of charge for all veterans that are preserving their DD-214's. We will hold your record for permanent preservation and maintain the record as confidential." The Recording Division adds: "The Clerk records all DD214 service discharge papers for military people, free of charge." Copies. "The National Archives and Records Administration has outlined certain requirements for dissemination of military records, such as the DD214 form, which this office has elected to adopt. A DD214 request form must be filled out to request a copy from this office. All requests for copies of a DD214 must now be accompanied by a written request form and a picture I.D. Copies will only be distributed to the veteran listed or to his or her next of kin. Lawyers, doctors, historians, etc. may request copies of a DD214 with signed authorization from the veteran or next of kin." The office's ordinary copy fee ($2 a document online) is set out for other records; the page does not say whether a discharge copy is charged. The office. Clerk and Recorder Justin D. Grantham, Fremont County Administration Building, 615 Macon Avenue, Cañon City, CO 81212; (719) 276-7332.