Ross County Recorder: DD-214 Recording and Free Copies

The Recorder's own text: "There is only one record recorded in our office that is not a complete public record. DD214's commonly called a Veteran's Military Discharge are not a full public record but anyone can get a heavily reduced copy of a DD214. Veterans' Service Offices, Funeral Directors performing burial services for a veteran and the veteran themself can get an unredacted certified copy from us free of charge. All of the information these companies try to sell you are available for viewing free at the Ross County Courthouse Offices." The warning page, on the Ohio Recorders' Association's campaign: "Veterans can obtain a free copy of their military records through their local Veteran's Service Commission as well as record their DD214 at their local County Recorder's office at no charge." It names the DD214 Direct company soliciting Ohio veterans for $79 to $99 copies, and points to the National Archives (archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records) or a Standard Form-180 to the National Personnel Records Center. Where. Anthony Maughmer, Ross County Recorder, 2 N Paint St., Suite E, Chillicothe, OH 45601; 740-702-3000. Records from January 1, 1974 are online through CountyFusion. The page publishes no fee schedule of its own, so the free recording rests on Revised Code 317.24 and the access rules on 149.43.