Starr County Clerk: Free DD-214 Recording and Copies

The Starr County Clerk's Military Discharge sheet: "Military personnel are encouraged to file their official military discharge papers--DD214--with the County Clerk in the county of their residence. Texas Local Government Code, Section 192.002 states the County Clerk may not charge a fee for the recording and keeping of a military discharge record." The Clerk's fee schedule agrees: "DD214-VETERANS DISCHARGE ... NO FEE". Who may get a copy. The sheet: Government Code 552.140 "defines the military discharge record as confidential for 75 years from the day it is recorded if filed on or after September 1, 2003. Only qualified applicants may obtain certified copies free of charge." Those are the veteran, the veteran's legal guardian, the spouse, a child or parent (or, with none living, the nearest relative), the personal representative of the estate, a person the veteran named in a power of attorney, another governmental body, and an authorised representative of the funeral home handling the burial; each must show identification. See the Texas entry. Where. County Clerk Humberto Gonzalez, Starr County Courthouse, 401 N. Britton Avenue, Room 201, Rio Grande City, TX 78582; (956) 716-4800 extension 2009.