Ward County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The Ward County Clerk (Denise Valles, 400 S. Allen, Suite 101, Monahans, 432-943-3294) posts fee schedules with no military-discharge line; the free DD-214 filing (Local Government Code 192.002), the free certified copy (Government Code 603.003) and the confidentiality (552.140) are the State's.

Also called: County Clerk, Denise Valles, Lorna Hawkins, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 432-943-3294, Monahans, Barstow, Grandfalls, Pyote, Thorntonville, Wickett.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Ward County, TXCounty

The office. Denise Valles, Ward County Clerk, 400 S. Allen, Suite 101, Monahans, Texas 79756; phone 432-943-3294 or 3295, fax 432-943-6054. Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; the office posts its closures (it is closed all day on November 4 and December 7, 2026). From September 1, 2025 anyone filing a document in person into the real property records must show a photo ID. The discharge. The Clerk's real property fee schedule (effective September 1, 2013) and its civil and criminal fee schedules list no military-discharge line. 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.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Ward County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under the State statutes; copies go only to the people Government Code 552.140 lists. No rating is needed.

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