Sutton County and District Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The office. Pam Thorp, Sutton County and District Clerk, Sutton County Annex, 300 E. Oak, Suite 3, Sonora, Texas 76950; phone 325-387-3815; [email protected]. Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., open through lunch. The discharge. The Clerk's page gives the filing fee for official public records - "$25.00 per first page and $4.00 per additional page per document" - asks that original or certified documents be hand carried, mailed or shipped (a return envelope is requested), and links records request forms and a civil fee schedule, but names no discharge. Recording a discharge is free under Local Government Code 192.002 and a certified copy under Government Code 603.003 (see the Texas entry). Government Code 552.140 keeps a discharge recorded on or after September 1, 2003 confidential for 75 years and releases it only to the veteran, the veteran's guardian, spouse, child or parent (or, with none living, the nearest living relative), the estate's personal representative, a person named in a power of attorney, a governmental body or the funeral home assisting with the burial. Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.