Pittsburg County (Oklahoma) County Clerk: Recorded Military Discharge Papers

The Pittsburg County County Clerk, Hope Trammell, keeps the county's recorded military discharge papers among her office's filings; recording and certified copies are free under Title 72, section 22, and the record is confidential under 19 O.S. 270.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, military discharge papers, recording, confidential, County Clerk, Hope Trammell, 19 O.S. 270, 72 O.S. 22, free, McAlester, Bobbi Hartsfield, McAlester, Krebs, Hartshorne, Quinton, Kiowa, Pittsburg, Crowder, Indianola, Savanna, Alderson.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Pittsburg County, OKCounty

The rules are the State's; see the Oklahoma entry on the free filing and the confidentiality of the record. The county's part: the Clerk's own duties list says the office is "The principal record keeper for the county and preserves all legal instruments, including deeds, mortgages, plat maps, liens and military discharge papers, filed by private citizens and public officials." The Clerk also "Serves as the secretary to several boards and posts the agenda for their meetings, records all of the proceedings and files all pertinent documents", which is where the Board of County Commissioners' records above live. Where and who. Pittsburg County Clerk Hope Trammell, in office since 2013, with First Deputy Bobbi Hartsfield, at the Pittsburg County Courthouse, 115 East Carl Albert Parkway, McAlester. The Clerk's recordings are searchable through the county's Online Records and the OKCountyRecords/oktaxrolls services the county site links; a recorded discharge is not among the searchable public records (19 O.S. 270 keeps it separate).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Pittsburg County (Oklahoma) County Clerk: Recorded Military Discharge Papers
Gate	Rule
Any veteran	Recording a discharge is free and no rating is needed. The rating filter never hides this entry.

Sources

Pittsburg County Clerk (read 2026-10-30)Official

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Last updated 2026-10-30.

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