Presidio County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Carolina Catano, Presidio County Clerk (deputy clerks Melissa DeRonde and Citlalli Sanchez), Presidio County Courthouse, first floor, 300 N. Highland Avenue, Marfa, Texas 79843; mail to P.O. Box 789, Marfa, Texas 79843; phone (432) 729-4812, fax (432) 729-4313; [email protected]. The discharge. The Clerk's fee schedule ("Presidio County Clerk Court Costs", 17 pages) lists vital records, marriage licenses and "Recording Public Records" at $25, with $4 for each further page, and says the office takes no cards - fees by cash, check or money order, with mailed requests released once payment is verified - but names no discharge. Recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002 and a certified copy under Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). 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 Veterans Service Officer can also help request a discharge from the federal records (see presidio-tx-veterans-services). Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.