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Polk County Clerk of Superior Court (Stacie M. Baines): the recorder of military discharges

The Polk County Clerk of Superior Court - Stacie M. Baines, elected 2019, 100 Prior St., Room 106, Cedartown (770-749-2114, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the county's own pages list the clerk's courts and duties but no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Stacie M. Baines, Stacie Baines, DD-214, discharge, military discharges, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 770-749-2114, 100 Prior St., Room 106, Cedartown, Cedartown, Rockmart, Aragon.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The office. The county's Superior Court page names the clerk - "Polk County Superior Court Clerk, Stacie Baines" - and describes the office's constitutional standing and its statutory duties "in hundreds of statutes", with the PeachCourt e-filing terminal, notary renewals by mail since March 2, 2026, and the Board of Equalization recruitment; the page and the county's department lists carry no discharge line - the recording duty is the statute's. Where and who. Clerk of Superior Court Stacie M. Baines, elected 2019, 100 Prior St., Room 106, Cedartown, GA 30125; phone (770) 749-2114; "Monday-Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm except major holidays". The Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority's directory row also lists the courts she manages: Superior, Board of Equalization, Jury Management. 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 Polk veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's Room 106 office at 100 Prior Street and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Polk County Clerk of Superior Court (Stacie M. Baines): the recorder of military discharges
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Any veteran with a dischargeThe 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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