Val Verde County Clerk: No Discharge Line and No Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002(b) Carries the Free Filing

The Val Verde County Clerk (Teresa Esther Chapoy, 400 Pecan Street, 1st Floor, Del Rio, 830-774-7564) posts no fee schedule and names no military-discharge line on her page; the free DD-214 filing is Local Government Code 192.002(b), the certified copy Government Code 603.003(a), and the confidentiality 552.140 - carried by the State entry; land records from 1982 search on texaslandrecords.com.

Also called: County Clerk, Teresa Esther Chapoy, [email protected], DD-214, discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, texaslandrecords, 830-774-7564, 830-778-7411, 400 Pecan Street, Del Rio, Del Rio, Cienegas Terrace, Val Verde Park, Lake View, Comstock, Box Canyon-Amistad, Juno.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

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Val Verde County, TXCounty

The office. Teresa Esther Chapoy, Val Verde County Clerk, 400 Pecan Street, 1st Floor, Del Rio, TX 78840; (830) 774-7564 (elections 830-778-7411); [email protected]; M-F 8-4:45. "The County Clerk is also the largest collector of fees, court costs and fines, more than any other branch of county government." "Property searches from 1982 to the present available online on: https://texaslandrecords.com. Assumed Names and Marks and Brands also available. Plat Recordings coming soon." The missing line. The clerk's page names no military-discharge line and posts no fee schedule. Texas Local Government Code 192.002(b) makes the filing of a military discharge free, Government Code 603.003(a) makes the certified copy free, and Government Code 552.140 keeps the filed papers confidential (see the State entry) - the Upshur County pattern. A veteran asked to pay should cite the statutes. The court record. The clerk is the Commissioners Court's clerk; the court's agendas post through the county's Agenda Center and the minutes column there is empty - the agenda record is cited in the board entry.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Val Verde County Clerk: No Discharge Line and No Fee Schedule - LGC 192.002(b) Carries the Free Filing
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Filing and certified copies are free under the State statutes. No rating is needed.

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