Scurry County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee List - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The Scurry County Clerk (Melody Appleton, 1806 25th Street, Suite 300, Snyder, 325-573-9316) posts no military-discharge line on its January 2024 fee list, which charges $5 plus $1 a page for other certified copies; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State’s.

Also called: County Clerk, Melody Appleton, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 325-573-9316, Snyder, Hermleigh, Ira, Fluvanna.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Scurry County, TXCounty

The office. Melody Appleton, County Clerk, 1806 25th Street, Suite 300, Snyder, TX 79549; phone 325-573-9316, fax 325-573-7396; the page links a contact form. From September 1, 2025 a person presenting a document in person for the real property records must show a photo identification (Local Government Code 191.010(b)). The missing line. The Clerk's "Fee List, updated January 8, 2024" lists recording ($25 for the first page, $4 for each page after), assumed name certificates ($22), certified copies ($5 for the certification plus $1 a page) and vital records, but no military discharge. Local Government Code 192.002 makes the filing free, Government Code 603.003 makes the certified copy free, and Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years, releasing it only to the veteran and the others it lists (see the Texas entry). A veteran charged the general copy fee for a discharge should cite the statutes.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Scurry County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee List - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

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