Knox County and District Clerk: No DD-214 Line on the Posted Fees - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Jeannie Clark, Knox County and District Clerk (deputy clerk Shelby Russell), on the first floor of the courthouse in Benjamin; mail to P.O. Box 196, Benjamin, TX 79505-0196; phone (940) 459-2441, fax (940) 459-2005; [email protected]. The county closed the courthouse on December 23, 2025 for the funeral of County Clerk Lisa Cypert, and its December 31, 2025 special meeting took up appointing her replacement. The discharge. The Clerk's page lists recording at "$25 for the 1st Page & $4 for each additional page" among its court costs and fees (birth certificates $23, death certificates $21, marriage licenses $81), but names 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. The Veteran's Officer can also help request a discharge from the federal records (see knox-tx-veterans-services). Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.