Live Oak County Clerk: Free Copies of a Recorded DD-214

The office. Donna M. VanWay, Live Oak County Clerk, 201 Houston St. (mail: P.O. Box 280), George West, Texas 78022; phone 361-449-2733 ext. 3, fax 361-449-1616; [email protected]. Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; from September 30, 2026 the office closes from noon to 1:00 p.m. for lunch "until further notice". No money is taken after 4:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday or 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The discharge. The Clerk's page, under "DD214": a "Copy Request" link to the county's online military discharge copy request form (liveoaktx.eforms.records.govos.com), and "All Military DD214 filed in our office can obtain a free copy." The office's fee schedule and recording fee schedule list no discharge line (certified copies of other records are $5.00 plus $1.00 a page). 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.