Hardin County Clerk: DD-214 Recording, Private Forever

The Hardin County Clerk records a DD-214 and returns the original immediately; the record is private, kept out of the public record forever, and any certified copy issued is as legally binding as the original. Call 270-765-2171, option 3.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, county clerk, discharge papers, private, not public record, Elizabethtown, KRS 422.090.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Hardin County, KYCounty

The rules are the State's, and the Kentucky entry on discharge recording sets them out: KRS 422.090 has the county clerk record a resident's discharge without charge, keeps the recorded papers out of public disclosure (the index of names stays public), lists who may get a copy, and lets the veteran have the clerk destroy every copy; it was last amended in 2010. The Hardin County Clerk's own recording page: "Recording a DD214 a.k.a. Military Discharge - As a veteran one of the single most important documents you'll ever have is your DD214... Bring it to us and let us record a copy of it here. You get your original back immediately. We keep it private. It does not become part of the public record. Any certified copy of it we give you is as legally binding as the original. We keep it forever... please call our office at 270-765-2171 option 3".

Thresholds

Thresholds for Hardin County Clerk: DD-214 Recording, Private Forever
Gate	Rule
Any veteran	Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Sources

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-23.

What changed then:

New official source added: “Kentucky Revised Statutes 422.090, recording of discharge papers; confidentiality”.
Source removed: “Kentucky Revised Statutes 171.420, recording of discharge papers; confidentiality”.
Description reworded (1 passage).
And 2 more changes.

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