Miscellaneous

Lumpkin County Clerk of Superior Court (Rita Harkins): the recorder of military discharges

The Lumpkin County Clerk of Superior Court - Rita Harkins, 325 Riley Road, Room 108, Dahlonega, GA 30533 (706-864-3736, fax 706-864-5298, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the clerk's own page lists the office's four divisions but no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Rita Harkins, DD-214, discharge, military discharges, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 706-864-3736, 325 Riley Road, Room 108, Dahlonega, Dahlonega.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The office. The county's Clerk of Superior Court page: "Welcome to the Office of the Clerk of Courts of Lumpkin County, Georgia." and "The Clerk of Courts is the custodian over land and property records of the county as well as the civil, criminal, juvenile and adoption files and records in the courts served." The page lists the office's four major divisions - Business/Professional/Administrative, Judicial, Personal Property/Liens/Accounting, and Real Estate - and the eFiling routes, and no discharge line; the recording duty is the statute's. Where and who. Clerk of Superior Court Rita Harkins, 325 Riley Road, Room 108, Dahlonega, Georgia 30533; phone (706) 864-3736, fax (706) 864-5298; Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (the Cooperative Authority's clerk directory carries the same row). 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 Lumpkin veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's Room 108 office at 325 Riley Road and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Lumpkin County Clerk of Superior Court (Rita Harkins): 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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