Miscellaneous

Lee County Clerk of Superior Court (Sara Clark): the recorder of military discharges

The Lee County Clerk of Superior Court - Sara Clark, County Courthouse, 100 Leslie Highway, Leesburg (P.O. Box 49, Leesburg, GA 31763; 229-759-6018, fax 229-759-6049, [email protected], weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - records military discharges: the county's own Superior Court page lists "recording ... military discharges" among the clerk's duties, with the free recording and the 50-year closure resting on O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and 15-6-72 (the State entries).

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Sara Clark, DD-214, discharge, military discharges, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 229-759-6018, 100 Leslie Highway, Leesburg, County Courthouse, Leesburg, Smithville, Beloit, Chehaw, Chokee, Neyami, Palmyra, Philema, Starkville.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The office. The county's Superior Court page: "Superior Court is responsible for maintaining court records, recording real estate transactions such as warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, security deeds, assignments, right-of-way deeds, easements, and property plats, recording fi fas, military discharges, trade names, and UCCs (Uniform Commercial Code), collecting probation fines, child support payments, and property transfer taxes, filing criminal cases and maintaining criminal warrants, filing civil cases such as divorces/annulments, adoptions, name changes, habeas corpus cases, suits for damages, garnishments, and repossessions, issuing notary appointments, assisting in jury selection, keeping election ballots for the statutory time limit of two years, and assisting the general public with obtaining various court records." Where and who. Clerk of Superior Court Sara Clark, County Courthouse, 100 Leslie Highway, Leesburg, Georgia 31763; mailing address P.O. Box 49, Leesburg; phone (229) 759-6018, fax (229) 759-6049, [email protected]; "Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm". The statute. Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential for fifty years under 15-6-72, with free copies to the authorized list (the State entries carry the sections and the synopsis); a Lee veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's courthouse office and asks there for copies. The clerk's own site publishes no discharge page - the duty line above is the county's statement of it, and the clerk's office is the route.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Lee County Clerk of Superior Court (Sara Clark): the recorder of military discharges
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Any veteran with a dischargeThe recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

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