Jeff Davis County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Recording Requirements - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Jennifer Wright, Jeff Davis County Clerk, 111 North Front Street, Fort Davis, TX 79734; mail to P.O. Box 398, Fort Davis, TX 79734; phone 432-426-3251, fax 432-426-3760. The discharge. The Clerk's "Recording Requirements for Official Public Records" give recording fees of "$25 FOR THE FIRST PAGE AND $4 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL PAGE", ask for a self-addressed stamped envelope for the return of originals and record documents received after 4 p.m. the next business day, but name no discharge. Recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002 and a certified copy under Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). 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. Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.