Texas County Recorder of Deeds: Military Discharge Recording and Copies

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 on requesting military discharge papers: "Effective August 28, 2003, Military Discharge Papers are regulated pursuant to RSMo 59.480. This legislation moved to place those records in a restricted and confidential category under the authority of the county Recorder of Deeds. All requests must comply with these regulations. There is no fee for the request and/or copies." The records. "This office maintains military discharge records (DD214) from 1918 -present, but only of those service members who brought their DD214 Form to this office to be recorded." The index gives the name, date of discharge, address at discharge and branch; "These records are not for public review. Copies may be obtained only be authorized parties." Military records are left out of the public computer index, and military separation papers are exempt from the document formatting rules. The request. The page sets out the Recorders Association's regulations (RAM 59.480) and links the form: the requester completes the record locator (the veteran's name and recording county, plus a date of birth, Social Security number, or branch and dates of service), the number of copies (one record per form), the requester's name, address and phone, and the statement of authority, signed before a notary; the Recorder may ask for proof of identity, then verifies or rejects the request and keeps the forms, which "are not public records". Where. Recorder of Deeds Lindsay Koch, 210 North Grand Avenue, Suite 209, Houston, MO 65483; 417-967-8438, fax 417-967-8760; [email protected]. The fee schedule's $7.50 "Federal Discharges" line is the federal tax lien release, not a DD-214.