Leon County Clerk: Military Discharges Filed and Copied Free

The office. Amy Kaiser, County Clerk, 155 N. Cass Street, first floor, Centerville, TX 75833 (P.O. Box 98); phone 903-536-2352, fax 903-536-7581; [email protected]. Monday to Friday 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., open through lunch; recording ends at 4 p.m. Deputy Clerk Mandy Gilstrap handles military discharge DD-214 records (phone menu option 3). The fee schedule. The Clerk's fee schedule effective January 1, 2024, under "Military Veterans": filing a DD214 discharge, free (Local Government Code 192.002(b)); certified copy of a DD214, free (Government Code 603.003(a)). The copy application. The Clerk's options page links the "Application for Copy of Military Discharge" and says the records "are closed to the public" (it cites Local Government Code 192.002; Government Code 552.140 is the section that makes a discharge recorded since September 1, 2003 confidential). The bilingual application has the applicant tick the relationship Government Code 552.140 allows: the veteran; the legal guardian; the spouse, child or parent; the nearest living relative if none of those is living; the personal representative of the estate; a person named in a power of attorney under the Estates Code; or an employee of another governmental body, with certified documentation or entity ID where it applies, and a copy of the applicant's ID. The form still prints a former clerk's name; mail it to P.O. Box 98, Centerville, TX 75833. The page also links the National Archives for records the county does not hold.