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Monroe County Clerk: DD-214 Recording and a Free Certified Copy

The Monroe County Clerk records a DD-214 with original signatures at 106 East First Street and gives one certified copy free with photo identification, in person or by mail. Its page routes heirs to the Veterans Bureau rather than letting them copy the record, which is narrower than the statute.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, county clerk, certified copy, no filing fee, 106 East First.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Michigan county clerks record discharges, keep them confidential for 70 years and give copies free to the veteran and to those working on the veteran's behalf (MCL 35.31 to 35.35; see the Michigan entry on discharge records). Monroe County. The Clerk's Military page puts the duty on the service person to file copies of the original documents at the Clerk's Office at separation, at 106 East First Street in Monroe, with original signatures. Certified copies of one's own discharge are requested in person or by mail with a picture identification; there is no filing fee and one certified copy is given. What the page leaves out. It says the records "are not available for viewing, but may be obtained by the discharged military person only", and that heirs can contact the Veterans Bureau for records. MCL 35.32 also lets a person with the veteran's written permission, the surviving heirs, and a veterans service officer or county department counsellor see and copy the record without charge, so a family should ask for that statutory route and not take the page's "only" as the last word.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Monroe County Clerk: DD-214 Recording and a Free Certified Copy
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The veteran, a permitted person or an heirFree recording and free certified copies for the veteran; the statute also reaches a person with written permission, heirs and a service officer. No rating is needed.

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