Ingham County Clerk: Free DD-214 Copies and a $10 Veteran ID Card

Michigan county clerks record discharges, keep them confidential for 70 years and give copies free to the veteran and those working on the veteran's behalf (MCL 35.31 to 35.35; see the Michigan entry on discharge records). Copies. The Ingham County Clerk gives certified copies of a recorded DD-214 free to the veteran, someone with the veteran's written permission, or an heir if the veteran has died, online through the Clerk's self-service portal with a photo ID, or in person, by email or by mail with a signed request and a copy of a government ID. That matches the statute, except that the page leaves out a service officer or county veterans counsellor working on a claim, whom MCL 35.32 also lets see the record free. Veteran ID card. Since 2016 the Clerk has sold a veteran ID card at the Mason office for $10, on the DD-214 and a government ID; the fee covers the card and printing.