Wilbarger County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - the Statutes Carry the Free Filing

The Wilbarger County Clerk (Jana Kennon, 1700 Wilbarger Street, Room 15, Vernon, 940-552-5486) posts its recording, vital record and license fees but no discharge line or request form; recording a discharge and a certified copy are free under Local Government Code 192.002 and Government Code 603.003.

Also called: County Clerk, Jana Kennon, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 940-552-5486, [email protected], Vernon, Lockett, Odell, Harrold, Oklaunion.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Wilbarger County, TXCounty

The office. Jana Kennon, Wilbarger County Clerk, 1700 Wilbarger Street, Room 15, Vernon, TX 76384; phone (940) 552-5486, fax (940) 553-1202; [email protected]. The Clerk's page lists deed recording at $25 for the first page and $4 for each additional page, death certificates at $21, birth certificates at $23, an assumed name record at $23, a marriage license at $81 and a mark and brand application at $25. It names no discharge line, form or veterans practice. The statutes. 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. Bring identification and proof of relationship.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Wilbarger County Clerk: No Discharge Line Posted - the Statutes Carry 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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