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

The office. The Martin County and District Clerk - Oralia Ybarra in the 2027 budget, "Lali Ybarra" on the Clerk's page - 301 N. St. Peter Street, Stanton, TX 79782; mail to P.O. Box 906, Stanton, TX 79782; phone 432-756-3412; [email protected] (the office: [email protected]). The office is one of the few combined county and district clerk offices, serving the 118th District Court. The discharge. The Clerk's recording fee sheet gives "$25.00 for first page and $4.00 for each page thereafter per document", copies of recorded documents at $1.00 a page and certification of any document at $5.00, 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.