Menard County and District Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Posted Fees - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Cindy Cheek, Menard County and District Clerk (appointed interim District/County Clerk by the Commissioners Court on May 11, 2026), with deputy clerk Elizabeth Losoya, 206 E. San Saba Ave., Menard, Texas 76859; mail to P.O. Box 1038, Menard, Texas 76859; phone 325-396-4682, fax 325-396-2047; [email protected]. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The discharge. The Clerk's page lists official public records recording at $27.50 for the first page and $4 for each further page, links forms for assumed names, birth and death certificates and marks and brands, and says the office maintains "official public records, vital records, marriage records, assumed names, marks and brands", 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. The Veteran Service Officer can also help request a discharge from the federal records (see menard-tx-veterans-services). Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.