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Perry County Register and Recorder: Discharge Documents Recorded Free

The Perry County Register and Recorder (Wendy Welfley, Perry County Courthouse, 2 East Main Street, P.O. Box 223, New Bloomfield, 717-582-2131, fax 717-582-5149) records military discharges free - “All veterans are encouraged to record their discharge documents - free of charge - ... Also, all veterans can obtain a free certified copy of his or her own DD 214” - the recorder being “also responsible for the recording of military discharges for the county residents.”

Also called: Register and Recorder, Recorder of Deeds, Wendy Welfley, Jenny Campbell, Tiffany Kreps, DD-214, DD 214, discharge, free, 717-582-2131, 2 East Main Street, New Bloomfield, Landex, e-recording, New Bloomfield, Marysville, Duncannon, Newport, Blain, Landisburg, Shermans Dale, Loysville, Liverpool.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The county's own sentence. The County Benefits page: "Registration of Military Discharge (DD 214) - All veterans are encouraged to record their discharge documents - free of charge - at the Register and Recorders Office, which is located in the Perry County Courthouse, One Courthouse Square, New Bloomfield. Also, all veterans can obtain a free certified copy of his or her own DD 214." The office's own page: "The Recorder of Deeds is responsible for the preservation of land records in Perry County. We are required to record all documents relating to real estate property in the County. The Recorder is also responsible for the recording of military discharges for the county residents." The fee schedule. The Recorder's fee schedule (amended November 17, 2025) prices the land records - deeds 69.75 dollars, mortgages 69.75, UCCs 100 - and prints no charge line for a military discharge at all; the free recording is 16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 13 (the State entry), and a veteran asked to pay cites it. The office. Wendy Welfley, Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds and Clerk of the Orphans' Court ([email protected]); Chief Deputy Jenny Campbell; Second Deputy Tiffany Kreps. Perry County Courthouse, 2 East Main Street, P.O. Box 223, New Bloomfield, PA 17068; 717-582-2131, fax 717-582-5149; office hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday; e-recording through Simplifile, CSC and EPN, records on Landex.

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Any veteran with a dischargeRecording a DD-214 is free under 16 Pa.C.S. Chapter 13 and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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