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

The office. Chrissy Dunn, Lipscomb County Clerk (the County & District Clerk's Office), Courthouse, 101 South Main, Lipscomb; mail to P.O. Box 70, Lipscomb, TX 79056; phone 806-862-3091, fax 806-862-3004; [email protected]. Open 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch; public information requests go to the Clerk by mail or e-mail. The discharge. The Clerk's "Filing Fees for Official Public Records" sheet (effective January 1, 2024) gives $25.00 for the first page and $4.00 for the second and later pages, with $0.25 for each name indexed beyond five, and asks for the original document and a self-addressed, stamped envelope by mail, 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. Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.