Pecos County Clerk: Military Discharges Filed and Certified Free

The office. Liz Chapman, County Clerk, 200 S. Nelson St., Suite 3, Fort Stockton, TX 79735; (432) 336-7555 and (432) 336-7557; [email protected], which also takes open records requests. The office takes cash, money orders, cashier's checks and Visa, MasterCard and Discover cards, and a person filing in the real property records in person must show a photo identification (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The Commissioners Court's agenda of August 10, 2026 let the Clerk hire a successor to train for the last quarter of 2026. The fee lines. The Clerk's "County Clerk Recording Fees as of January 1, 2024" lists, under other filing fees, "Military Discharge: DD214 No Charge", and under copies, "Certified copy of DD214 No Charge", as Local Government Code 192.002 and Government Code 603.003 provide (see the Texas entry). Other copies cost $1 a page and $5 for the clerk's certificate. Who may have a copy. 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. The Clerk posts no request form; bring identification and proof of relationship.