Kinney County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The Kinney County Clerk (Rick Alvarado, 501 South Ann Street, Brackettville, 830-563-2521 ext. 3) posts no military-discharge line, form or fee schedule; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State's.

Also called: County Clerk, Rick Alvarado, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 830-563-2521, 501 South Ann Street, Brackettville, Fort Clark Springs, Fort Clark, Spofford.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Kinney County, TXCounty

The office. Rick Alvarado, Kinney County Clerk, P.O. Box 9, 501 South Ann Street, Brackettville, Texas 78832; phone 830-563-2521 ext. 3, fax 830-563-2644; [email protected]. The office takes checks, credit cards and money orders. The discharge. The Clerk's page posts forms for assumed names, birth and death certificates and brands, and jury information, but no fee schedule and no discharge line or form. 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.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Kinney County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

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