Gonzales County Clerk: Military Discharges Recorded Free

The office. Lona Ackman, County Clerk ([email protected]), second floor of the Randle-Rather Building, 427 Saint George Street, Suite 200, Gonzales, Texas 78629; phone 830-672-2801, fax 830-672-2636. A person filing in the official records in person must show valid identification (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The fee line. The Clerk's "Gonzales County Clerk - Fee Schedules, 2026" lists "Military Discharge - DD214, Recording" at $0.00, as Local Government Code 192.002 requires. The schedule gives no line for a copy of a discharge; its general copy lines are $1 a page and $5 for each certification, but Government Code 603.003 makes a certified copy of a recorded discharge free (see the Texas entry). Who may have a copy. 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. A veteran charged the general copy fee for a discharge should cite the statute.