Sabine County Clerk: Discharge Copies on a Notarized Request

The office. Jamie Clark, County Clerk, 280 Main Street, Suite 100, Hemphill, TX 75948; phone 409-787-3786, fax 409-220-8353; [email protected]. Open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. From January 1, 2026 every transaction needs a valid ID. The Clerk's page. "To obtain a copy of a previously recorded Military Discharge Record, complete, print and return this Military Discharge Copy Request to the County Clerks' office. All copy requests not submitted in person to our office, require a Notarized Signature and a photo copy of a valid identification." The form asks for the veteran's name, year of record and date of birth, the requester's relationship to the veteran, and identifying information, and carries a notary acknowledgment. The fees. The Clerk's 2024 fee schedule lists no military-discharge line. Local Government Code 192.002 makes the filing free, Government Code 603.003 makes the certified copy free, and Government Code 552.140 keeps the record confidential, releasing it only to the veteran and the others it lists (see the Texas entry). A veteran asked to pay should cite the statutes.