Knox County Recorder: the Military Discharge DD-214 application and Honor Rewards

The Knox County Recorder (County Clerk-Recorder Scott Erickson, Knox County Courthouse, 200 South Cherry Street, Galesburg, 309-345-3818, fax 309-345-3842) keeps the Military Links page - Honor Rewards for Veterans and the Military Discharge DD-214 application, which releases a discharge copy only to the person named on the record, a dependent, the County Veterans' Service Officer, a representative of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, or a person with written authorization.

Also called: Recorder, County Clerk, Scott Erickson, military discharge, DD-214, DD214, discharge application, Honor Rewards, honorrewards.com, 309-345-3818, 200 South Cherry Street, Galesburg, Galesburg, Knoxville, Abingdon, Oneida, Wataga, Williamsfield, Yates City, East Galesburg, Rio, Altona.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Knox County, ILCounty

The Military Links page. The Recorder's menu carries a Military Links page with two items: "Honor Rewards for Veterans" (honorrewards.com) and "Military Discharge Application". The application PDF is the Recorder's own form: "Knox County Courthouse, 200 South Cherry Street, Galesburg, Illinois 61401, (309) 345-3818, Fax: (309) 345-3842 - Application for Search - MILITARY DISCHARGE DD-214" - the request names the discharge record, the discharge date and the service branch and the number of copies, and the certification reads: "I do hereby certify that I am the person named on the record, a dependent of the person named on the record, the County Veterans' Service Officer, a representative of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, or any person with written authorization from the named person or the named person's dependents." The relationship checkboxes are Person Named on Record, Dependent, County Veterans' Service Officer, Department of Veterans' Affairs, and Representative of Person or Dependent; the Recorder or Deputy Recorder signs the release. The office. Scott Erickson is the Knox County Clerk/Recorder (the county board page's contact names him at 309-345-3815); the Recorder's Property Info menu carries the Free Data Search (rep4laredo.fidlar.com, Laredo), Tapestry, E-Recording and the Property Fraud Alert sign-up. Honor Rewards is the county's veteran discount card programme - the Fidlar-run service through which participating Polk County-style businesses post their incentives; the Recorder's page links it beside the discharge application.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Knox County Recorder: the Military Discharge DD-214 application and Honor Rewards
Gate	Rule
Veterans, dependents, the VSO and the DVA	A discharge copy is released to the person named on the record, a dependent, the County Veterans’ Service Officer, a representative of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, or a person with written authorization from the named person or dependents.

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