Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court (Melissa A. Howard): the county’s recorder of military discharges under the statute, whose own services list prints no discharge line

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The Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court - Melissa A. Howard, first elected 2025, 3550 Hwy 84, P.O. Box 588, Blackshear, GA 31516 (912-449-2020, fax 912-449-2106, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the State's own Clerks Authority directory prints the office's services as "Notary" and its staff rows - Olivia McQuaig (Real Estate Deed Processing), Taylor Kicklighter (Superior Civil, State Civil, Juvenile and BOE), Melissa Howard (Superior Criminal, BOE, Chief Deputy Clerk) and Tanya Hill (Superior Criminal, Superior) - with no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Melissa Howard, Melissa A. Howard, Olivia McQuaig, Taylor Kicklighter, Tanya Hill, DD-214, discharge, military discharge, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 912-449-2020, 3550 Hwy 84, P.O. Box 588, Blackshear, Blackshear, Offerman, Patterson.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

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Pierce County, GACounty

The office. The State's own Clerks Authority directory seats the office: "Melissa A. Howard, Clerk of Superior Court, Year Elected: 2025, Republican Party; Pierce County Court, 3550 Hwy 84, P.O. Box 588, Blackshear, GA 31516; 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday; Phone: (912) 449-2020, Fax: (912) 449-2106; Courts Managed: Superior, State, Juvenile", and prints the office's services as "Notary" - no discharge line - with the office staff rows. The county's own site routes the clerk's office from its Courts page and names the same staff in its directory. 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); a Pierce veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's office at 3550 Hwy 84 outside Blackshear and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Pierce County Clerk of Superior Court (Melissa A. Howard): the county’s recorder of military discharges under the statute, whose own services list prints no discharge line
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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