Marion County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The Marion County Clerk (Kim Wise, 102 W Austin, Room 206, Jefferson, 903-665-3971) posts no military-discharge line on its fee schedule effective January 1, 2024, which charges $5 for a clerk’s certificate and $1 a page for other copies; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State’s.

Also called: County Clerk, Kim Wise, Kimberly Wise, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 903-665-3971, [email protected], Jefferson, Lodi, Smithland, Berea.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Marion County, TXCounty

The office. Kimberly (Kim) Wise, County Clerk, 102 W Austin, Room 206, Jefferson, TX 75657; phone 903-665-3971, fax 903-665-7936; [email protected]. The real property records from 1955 are searchable on Texaslandrecords.com, and the Clerk offers Property Fraud Alert. The missing line. The Clerk's "Fee Schedule - Effective January 1, 2024" (posted as a scan filed upside down) lists recording ($25 for the first page, $4 for each page after), tax liens, assumed name certificates ($25), marriage and vital records, copies at $1 a page and a $5 clerk's certificate, but no military discharge. Local Government Code 192.002 makes the filing free, Government Code 603.003 makes the certified copy free, and Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years, releasing it only to the veteran and the others it lists (see the Texas entry). A veteran charged for a discharge should cite the statutes.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Marion County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

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