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

The office. Sonya Scott, Mills County Clerk (deputies Joy Nowell, Julie Fincher and Shawnee Martinez), 1011 4th Street, Goldthwaite, Texas 76844; mail to P.O. Box 646, Goldthwaite, Texas 76844; phone 325-648-2711, fax 325-648-3251; [email protected]. From May 1, 2026 the office is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (recording closes at 4:30 p.m.) and Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (recording closes at 3:30 p.m.). Filing in person in the real property records needs a photo ID, and mailed recordings need a self-addressed stamped envelope. The discharge. The Clerk's fee schedule (effective January 1, 2022, a scan) lists "Military Discharge (DD214)": filing, Local Government Code 192.002(a), "No charge"; certified copy, Government Code 603.003(a), "No charge"; "Thank you for your service!" The schedule's letterhead carries a Greenville post office box that is not the Mills County Clerk's; use the address above. 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.