Jackson County Clerk: a Discharge Copy Request Form, No Discharge Line on the Fee Schedule

The office. Katherine M. Respondek, Jackson County Clerk, 115 W. Main, Room 101, Edna, TX 77957; phone 361-782-3563, fax 361-782-3132; [email protected] (open records requests: [email protected]). Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., open through the lunch hour. Since December 4, 2025 anyone presenting a document for filing in the real property records in person must show a photo ID (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The form. The Clerk's "Request for Copy of Military Discharge Form" asks for the veteran's name, birth date and place, branch, discharge date and Social Security number, and the requestor's name, address, relationship and purpose. "If you are requesting by mail please sign in front of a notary and attach a copy of your drivers license"; the form carries the affidavit for the notary. The Clerk's fee schedule effective January 1, 2024 has no discharge line; recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002 and a certified copy under Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). Who may have a copy. Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years and releases it only to the veteran, the veteran's guardian, spouse, child or parent (or, with none living, the nearest living relative), the estate's personal representative, a person named in a power of attorney, a governmental body or the funeral home assisting with the burial.