Wise County Clerk: Free DD-214 Recording and Copies, and Deployment Fee Waivers

Wise County's Clerk's fee schedule (effective January 1, 2024, Clerk Blanca Tuma) prices the military discharge DD-214 at no charge for filing (Local Government Code 192.002(b)) and no charge for a certified copy (Texas Government Code 603.003(a)), thanks the applicant for their service, and waives marriage-license fees with the 72-hour waiting period for military personnel being deployed to a hostile fire zone by order.

Also called: DD-214, DD214, discharge, recording, no charge, 192.002, 603.003, marriage license, deployment, Blanca Tuma, fee schedule, Decatur, Bridgeport, Rhome, Boyd, New Fairview.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Wise County, TXCounty

The county's own fee schedule. The Clerk's Recording & Fees page links "Official Records Recording Fees (PDF)", effective January 1, 2024, under County Clerk Blanca Tuma (940-627-3351). Its military lines: "MILITARY DISCHARGE-DD214. Application available on County Clerk website. Filing - Local Government Code 192.002 (b) - No Charge. Certified Copy - Texas Government Code 603.003 (a) - No Charge. Thank you for your service!" The State entries carry the confidentiality rule (Government Code 552.140) and the rest. Deployment waivers on the same schedule. For the marriage licence: "Military Personnel Being Deployed to a Hostile Fire Zone by Order are exempt from these fees", printed under both the standard licence ($72 total) and the premarital-education version ($27 total), each followed by "72 hour waiting period ... WAIVED" for the deployed. That is the county's own working of the State's deployment fee waivers.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Wise County Clerk: Free DD-214 Recording and Copies, and Deployment Fee Waivers
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	Recording and a certified copy are free. Copies go only to the people section 552.140 lists.
Military personnel being deployed to a hostile fire zone	Marriage-license fees are waived and the 72-hour waiting period is waived, by order of deployment.

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