DD-214 Filing

The DeKalb Clerk of Superior Court maintains in our office, copies of military discharge/separation documents (DD-214) for DeKalb residents and provides certified copies for service members at NO COST. Do not pay 3rd party businesses to file your DD214 for safekeeping. There is no charge for filing and no charge for certified copies.

Veterans - Bring your original DD-214, a DD-214 with a raised seal issued by the United States National Personnel Center, or United States Archives form 13038 to our office for recording. Free of charge. 

Why is it important to file your DD-214?

Recording your DD-214 will give you an additional location to obtain a copy if the original is misplaced or destroyed. Military service record documents are kept confidential and only the Veteran or their next of kin with proper documentation can retrieve a certified copy, free of charge. 

All Veterans from 1950 to present time have a DD-214 issued. Those who served during WWII do not possess a DD-214, should have a Discharge/Separation paper issued between 1941 – 1946 War Department Document No 55-53.

DD-214 is an official record of your service and contains information normally needed to verify time and dates of service, discharge status and other employment or membership benefits.  

If you have misplaced these documents and/or they were never recorded at your local courthouse certified copies can be obtained by contacting the National Archives and Records Administration - https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records

Once you record your DD-214, be sure to notify your family or designated representative. 

Original documents are recorded immediately and returned. Authority O.C.G.A. 15-6-72.