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Tehama County Clerk and Recorder: the DD-214 certified-copy application

The Tehama County Clerk and Recorder's DD-214 form is the state's certified-copy application - certified copies only to the persons Government Code 6107(b) lists - and the 2026 recording fee schedule is silent on discharge recording, which Government Code 6107 makes free.

Also called: Clerk and Recorder, DD-214, DD214, military discharge, certified copy, Government Code 6107, 6107(b), 27303.5, fee schedule, recordsearch, Red Bluff, Red Bluff, Corning, Los Molinos, Tehama, Gerber, Cottonwood.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The form. The Clerk and Recorder's "military_dd214.pdf" is the state-model Application for Certified Copy of Military Discharge Document: "Certified copies of a military discharge record (DD214) may only be issued to the following persons defined in section 6107(b) of the Government Code. Such persons, pursuant to section 27303.5 of the Government Code, may obtain a DD214 official record if a full social security number is required to receive benefits" - the subject of the record with photo ID, a family member or legal representative with certification of relationship, a state/county/city benefits office on written request, or a United States official, declared "under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California". The fee schedule. The 2026 recording-fee schedule (Government Code 27361 lines: $14.00 first page, $3.00 each additional) says nothing about discharge papers - the free recording rests on Government Code 6107 (see the California entry), which also makes the recorded discharge confidential. The office's record search is at recordsearch.tehama.gov/web. Where. The Clerk and Recorder's office is at 633 Washington Street, Red Bluff (the county's courthouse building); the recorded-document copies run $1.50 a page with $3.00 certification per the fee schedule.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Tehama County Clerk and Recorder: the DD-214 certified-copy application
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The persons Government Code 6107(b) listsRecording is free; certified copies go only to the veteran (with photo ID), a family member or legal representative who certifies the relationship, a benefits office on written request, or a US official.

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