Grimes County Clerk: DD214s Filed and Copied at No Charge

The office. Barbara Kimich, County Clerk, 270 FM 149 W., Anderson, Texas 77830; 936-873-4410; [email protected]; Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The discharge lines. The Clerk's Military Service Records page: "Military personnel are encouraged to file their official military discharge papers-- DD214 --with the County Clerk in the county of their residence. Texas Local Government Code, Section 192.002 states the County Clerk may not charge a fee for the recording and keeping of a military discharge record." It adds that Government Code 552.140 makes a record filed on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years, that "Only qualified applicants may obtain certified copies free of charge", and that "DD214s can be filed at the Grimes County Clerk's office at no charge. The original will be returned at the time of filing." The fee schedule (revised January 1, 2024) prints "Military Discharge (DD214)": filing, Local Government Code 192.002(b), no charge; certified copy, Government Code 603.003(a), no charge. Which rules apply. The page links "qualified applicants" to the National Archives, and the county's DD214 request form explains who may have a copy under the federal Privacy Act (the service member or guardian, and after death the next of kin). A record held by the County Clerk is governed instead by Government Code 552.140, which also lets a living veteran's spouse, child or parent, the estate's personal representative, a person holding a power of attorney, another governmental body and a funeral home helping with the burial have a copy (see the Texas entry). A family member turned away should cite the section.