Lynn County Clerk: "Military Discharge (DD214)" Filing and Certified Copy "No Charge" on the Filing Fee Schedule

The office. Karen Rendon, Lynn County Clerk, Lynn County Courthouse, 1501 South 1st Street, Tahoka, Texas 79373; mail to P.O. Box 937, Tahoka, Texas 79373; phone (806) 561-4750; [email protected] (the fee schedule heads the office under her former name, Karen Strickland). Monday to Thursday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to noon. The Clerk asks that mailed documents come with a pre-paid return envelope. The discharge. The Clerk's filing fee schedule (effective January 1, 2024) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)": filing, Local Government Code 192.002(b), "No Charge"; certified copy, Government Code 603.003(a), "No Charge" - "Thank you for your service!" 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 (see the Texas entry). Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.