La Salle District and County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Recording Fees - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Sonia Maldonado, District & County Clerk, La Salle County Courthouse, 101 Courthouse Square #107, Cotulla, TX 78014; phone 830-483-5120. Monday to Thursday 7:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The discharge. The Clerk's "Recording Fees for Official Public Records" (effective January 1, 2024) lists recording at $25 for the first page and $4 for each further page and certification at $5, but no discharge line, and the page posts no discharge 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.