Refugio County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Margie A. Castellano, Refugio County Clerk, P.O. Box 704, Refugio, TX 78377; phone 361-526-2233 and 361-526-2727, fax 361-526-1325. Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., no recordings after 4:00 p.m.; Friday the same hours with no recordings after 3:30 p.m. In-person filers in the real property records must show photo identification (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The discharge. The Clerk's page posts forms for birth, death and marriage records and assumed names but no discharge form, fee schedule or discharge line. 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. Call the office before mailing a request; the Veterans Service Office (361-526-4413) can help gather the paperwork.