Winkler County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Notice - LGC 192.002 Carries the Free Filing

The Winkler County Clerk (Pam Greene, 100 East Winkler Street, 1st Floor, Kermit; P.O. Box 1007; 432-586-3401) posts a fee notice of January 1, 2024 that sets recording at $25 for a first page and $4 for each further page but has no 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, Pam Greene, Tammie Lujan, DD-214, DD214, discharge, military discharge, 192.002, 603.003, 552.140, 432-586-3401, 100 East Winkler Street, Kermit, Wink.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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Winkler County, TXCounty

The office. Pam Greene, Winkler County Clerk (chief deputy Tammie Lujan), Winkler County Courthouse, 100 East Winkler Street, 1st Floor, Kermit, TX 79745; mail to P.O. Box 1007, Kermit, TX 79745; phone 432-586-3401. Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon. The Clerk's page says the office searches only for federal tax liens. The discharge. The Clerk's "New Fee Change - Effective Jan. 1, 2024" notice sets filing in the Official Public Records at $25 for the first page and $4 for each further page, with a page-count table, but lists no discharge line, and the Clerk's page names no discharge form. 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. Call the office before mailing a discharge or a request.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Winkler County Clerk: No Discharge Line on the Fee Notice - 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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