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Jefferson County Clerk: Free DD-214 Filing and Copies

Jefferson County's Clerk files a veteran's DD-214 free, filed by the veteran or anyone related to the veteran, keeps the image permanently and gives the veteran or a designated agent copies and certified copies at no charge; send it with a self-addressed stamped envelope and the original comes back.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, County Clerk, discharge papers, Military Law 250, certified copy, Watertown, Watertown, Fort Drum, Carthage, Clayton.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The duty is the State's; the New York entry on discharge recording explains it (Military Law 250). Jefferson County's Clerk: "Military Discharges, also known as DD214's, can be filed in our office by the veteran or by anyone with a relationship to the veteran. Images of these documents are kept here permanently, therefore any veteran, or their designated agent, may obtain a copy or certified copy of their discharge. There is no charge for filing these records or for obtaining copies of them." By mail. The Clerk's scam alert warns of notices offering DD-214 copies for up to $119: "If your DD-214 has not yet been filed, the document just needs to be submitted to our office with a self-addressed stamped envelope and our clerk's will file the document and return the original once verified." The Clerk's forms page has a fillable military discharge request. The Veterans Service Agency also files discharges with the Clerk for veterans it serves.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Jefferson County Clerk: Free DD-214 Filing and Copies
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Any veteranFiling and copies are free. No rating is needed.

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