Palo Pinto County Clerk: Military Discharges Filed at No Charge, Copies Free

The office. Janette Green, County Clerk, Palo Pinto County Courthouse, first floor, Room 103, 520 Oak St, Palo Pinto, TX 76484 (mail P.O. Box 219); (940) 659-1277; and the Mineral Wells Annex, Suite 102, 100 SE 6th Ave., Mineral Wells, TX 76067, (940) 468-0170; both Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; [email protected]. Anyone filing in person in the real property records must show a photo ID (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The discharge page. "The Military Services encourage military personnel to file their discharge papers (DD 214) with the County Clerk in the county of residence. This includes members of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Armed Forces Reserve, or an Armed Forces Auxiliary." "Texas Local Government Code, Section 192.002 authorizes the County Clerk to file the military discharge at No Charge." "Only service member or immediate family member can obtain certified copies. The fee is waived to receive copies of military discharge records at any time." Who may have a copy. The Clerk's application is wider than the page: it lets the veteran, a legal guardian, the spouse, a child or a parent (or, if none is living, the nearest living relative), the estate's personal representative, a person named in a power of attorney by one of those, and an employee of another governmental body apply, with proof of identity, and a mailed request needs a notarized proof of identification. Government Code 552.140 also lets a funeral home helping with the burial have a copy, which neither names; Government Code 603.003 makes the certified copy free (see the Texas entry).