Saline County Recorder of Deeds: Military Discharge Recording, and No Fee for Veterans' Certified Marriage License Copies

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The Saline County Recorder of Deeds, Jessica L. Baker, Courthouse Room 206, Marshall (660-886-2677), records military discharges, and its fee schedule exempts veterans and active members of the military from the $9 fee for a certified copy of a marriage license; RSMo 59.480 makes discharge recording and copies free.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, recording, no charge, RSMo 59.480, Recorder of Deeds, Jessica Baker, 660-886-2677, marriage license, certified copy, Marshall, Slater, Sweet Springs, Malta Bend, Arrow Rock, Blackburn, Gilliam, Nelson, Grand Pass, Miami, Mount Leonard.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Saline County, MOCounty

Mo. Rev. Stat. 59.480 makes the recording of a discharge free and limits who may see or copy it; see the Missouri entry. The Recorder's page names "military discharges" among the permanent records the office makes. Its posted fee schedule has no discharge charge, and under marriage licenses ($53) it lists certified copies at $9.00 with the note "(Veterans and active members of the military exempt from certified copy fee)". The schedule's "RELEASES ... $7.50" line under federal tax liens is a lien release, not a military discharge. Copies of a discharge go only to the veteran or an authorized party on the Recorders Association of Missouri's notarized request; ask the office for it. Where. Recorder of Deeds Jessica L. Baker (chief deputy Carrie Jarvis, deputy Kristin Bergstrom), Saline County Courthouse, 19 E. Arrow Street, Room 206, Marshall, MO 65340; 660-886-2677; [email protected]; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Saline County Recorder of Deeds: Military Discharge Recording, and No Fee for Veterans' Certified Marriage License Copies
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording and copies are free under the State statute; copies go only to the veteran or the people 59.480 names. No rating is needed.

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