Hall County Clerk of Courts: Free Recording and Copies of Military Discharges
The Hall County Clerk of Courts records a veteran's DD-214, an NPRC copy with raised seal or a NA Form 13038 free on the courthouse ground floor, 225 Green Street SE, Gainesville, and gives free copies, certified or not, only to the veteran, spouse or next of kin, an attorney-in-fact, a legal representative or their lawyer. Civil Division, 770-503-3217.
Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, Clerk of Superior Court, Clerk of Courts, recording, 15-6-72, NA Form 13038, Gainesville.
Georgia's clerks of superior court record discharges free; the Georgia entry on discharge recording describes the law. The Hall County Clerk of Courts' Civil Division "records military discharges": "Any veteran desiring to have his or her military discharge records permanently recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Hall County should bring the records to the Clerk's Office in the Ground Floor of the Hall County Courthouse at 225 Green Street, SE Gainesville, Ga 30501."
What counts. Copy 4 of the DD Form 214; a copy of a DD-214 with a raised seal from the National Personnel Records Center; or National Archives Form 13038.
The cost. "There is no filing fee for this service, nor is there a fee for obtaining copies, certified or otherwise."
Who may see it. For 50 years after filing a recorded DD-214 is closed to the open records law; on proper identification it may be examined or copied free only by the veteran, the spouse or next of kin, a person named in the veteran's power of attorney, the veteran's administrator, executor, guardian or legal representative, or an attorney for any of them (Code section 15-6-72(c)), and misuse is a misdemeanour punishable by a fine of up to $5,000.
Contact. Civil Division, 770-503-3217, [email protected].
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