Panola County Clerk: DD214 Recording and Copies Free, and the Veteran’s Assumed Name Waiver

The office. Bobbie Davis, County Clerk, 110 S. Sycamore, Room 201, Carthage, TX 75633; phone 903-693-0302, fax 903-693-0328. The discharge lines. The Clerk's General Fees schedule (2024), "Military Discharge (DD214)": recording, Local Government Code 192.002(b), no charge; certified copy, Government Code 603.003, no charge. Government Code 552.140 keeps the record confidential and sets who may have a copy (see the Texas entry). The assumed name waiver. On the same schedule, after the $23 assumed name certificate fee: "Per Section 71.155(a), Business and Commerce Code, all recording fees for an Assumed Name Certificate may be waived for a veteran of the US Armed Forces. Proof of retired or discharged status required." The waiver is the clerk's choice under the statute (see the Texas entry).