Mason County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Recording Fees - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Chelsa Armendariz, Mason County and District Clerk, P.O. Box 702, Mason, Texas 76856 (the Clerk's page gives 210 Westmoreland Street, the fee sheet 201 Fort McKavitt Street); phone 325-347-5253; [email protected]. Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; the office closes on Veterans Day. The discharge. The Clerk's "Records Filing Fees and Requirements" sheet lists recording at $25 for the first page and $4 for each further page (Local Government Code 118.011), with no discharge line, and the page posts no discharge form. 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.