Kay County Clerk: the recorded military discharge records and the State's free-and-confidential scheme (Tammy Reese)

The county's own line. The County Clerk's page (Tammy Reese): "The County Clerk serves as records keeper for the County, all documents relating to real estate i.e.: Deeds / Judgements / Liens / Military discharge records / Mineral interests / Mortgages / Plats / State and Federal tax liens." And: "The Clerk's office receives, records, and preserves these records, indefinitely, both in the office and electronically. All records are open to the public under the State's Open Records Act" - the open-records sentence being the general rule, from which the DD-214's own confidentiality statute (19 O.S. 270) is the exception the State entry carries. The office. Tammy Reese, County Clerk, 219 S. Main St., Newkirk, OK 74647 - 580-362-2537, fax 580-362-3300, Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., open through the lunch hour; the crew is Mary Ann Kirkendall, Holly Cline, Patsy Leyva, Jennifer Harp, Amy Simpson and Dawn Alexanderse. Land records run on the county's own "Kay County Land Records Online 1973-Present" and "Kay County Indexes, Deeds & Patents 1893-1972" links, with a Property Alert System. The fee. The clerk's Fee Schedule link posts the recording fees; the discharge recording itself is free under 72 O.S. 22 - "record ... without charge" - and a veteran asked to pay cites it, with the confidentiality under 19 O.S. 270 (and the November 1, 2026 addition of grandchildren to the authorized parties) in the State entry.