Oglethorpe County Clerk of Court (Kelli Paradise Smith): the county’s recorder of military discharges

The Oglethorpe County Clerk of Court - Kelli Paradise Smith, Clerk of the Superior and Juvenile Courts (P.O. Box 68, Lexington, GA 30648, 706-743-5731, fax 706-743-5335), keeping the clerk's own site oglethorpeclerkofcourt.com - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the clerk's own site prints the case search, the court calendars, the jury information and the legal forms and no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Court, Kelli Paradise Smith, DD-214, discharge, military discharge, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 706-743-5731, P.O. Box 68, oglethorpeclerkofcourt.com, Lexington, Lexington, Crawford, Arnoldsville, Maxeys.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Oglethorpe County, GACounty

The office. The county's own site links the clerk's office to the clerk's own site, oglethorpeclerkofcourt.com, which seats the office: "Kelli Paradise Smith, Superior and Juvenile, PO Box 68, Lexington, GA 30648, Phone: 706.743.5731, Fax: 706.743.5335", and opens: "Welcome to the online home of Oglethorpe County Georgia Clerk of Courts. These pages contain information that will guide you through many services performed by the Clerk of Court's office." The site's menu - case search, staff, court info, links, news, court calendars, jury info, legal notices and legal forms - prints no discharge line, so the recording duty is the statute's. The statute. Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential for fifty years under 15-6-72, with free copies to the authorized list (the State entries carry the sections and the synopsis); an Oglethorpe veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's office in Lexington and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Oglethorpe County Clerk of Court (Kelli Paradise Smith): the county’s recorder of military discharges
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

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