Gilmer County Clerk of Superior Court (Amy E. Johnson): the Custodian of Military Discharge Records

The office. "Amy E. Johnson - Superior and Juvenile Court Clerk - Jury Clerk - Administrator to the Board of Equalization. 1 Broad Street, Suite 203, Ellijay, GA 30540. 706-635-4462. [email protected]." The deputies: "Chief Deputy Clerk/Civil Records: Cindy Dotson ... Deputy Clerk/Real Estate Records: Amber Loera & Breanna Ackerson." The county's own description of the duty: "The Clerk has the responsibility to operate the business of the local superior and juvenile court office and answers first and foremost to the public. ... The Clerk is elected to be the custodian of records, criminal, civil, juvenile, juries, and Administrator to Board of Equalization, and to safeguard funds paid into the office for the benefit of individuals and the public." And, in the clerk's summary block: "The Clerk approves appointments of notaries public, and is custodian of military discharge records." The statute. Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential for fifty years under 15-6-72, with free copies to the authorized list (the State entries carry the sections and the synopsis); a Gilmer veteran records the DD-214 at the Real Estate Division of the clerk's office and asks there for copies.