Harrison County (Texas) Clerk: Military Discharges Recorded (Free by Statute)

The Harrison County Clerk, Heather Henigan, at the courthouse, 200 W. Houston Street, Suite 143, Marshall (903-935-8403), records military discharges and answers DD-214 mail at [email protected]; its fee schedule carries no discharge line, so the free recording rests on Local Government Code 192.002.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, recording, no charge, County Clerk, Heather Henigan, CCVitals, 192.002, 552.140, Marshall, Hallsville, Waskom, Uncertain, Scottsville, Karnack, Elysian Fields, Harleton, Nesbit, Woodlawn.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Harrison County, TXCounty

Texas county clerks record discharges free and keep them confidential; see the Texas entries. The Harrison County Clerk's page lists "military discharges" among the documents the office records and gives [email protected] ("Birth / Death / DD214 Records") as the mail address for records requests. The fee schedule. The Clerk's fee schedule effective January 1, 2026 prices recording in the official public records at $25 for the first page and $4 for each additional, with no military-discharge line. The State's free recording (Local Government Code 192.002) applies whether or not the sheet prints it; a veteran recording a discharge here should ask for it at no charge and, for the confidential record's free copies, point to Government Code 552.140. Business names. The same sheet prices an assumed name registration at $23 and carries no line for the clerk's-choice veteran waiver under Business and Commerce Code 71.155(a-1). Whether Harrison County has adopted that waiver is not published; a veteran filing an assumed name certificate here should ask the Clerk. Where. Harrison County Clerk Heather Henigan, Harrison County Courthouse, 200 W. Houston, Suite 143, P.O. Box 1365, Marshall, TX 75671; 903-935-8403, fax 903-935-4877; Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Harrison County (Texas) Clerk: Military Discharges Recorded (Free by Statute)
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge is free by statute and no rating is needed; the assumed name waiver is unadopted as far as is published.

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Last updated 2026-10-25.

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