§ 19-14-104 — Recordation of discharges

Wyoming § 19-14-104

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 19: Defense Forces and Affairs
• Ch. 14: VETERANS

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(a) Each Wyoming county clerk shall record in his office
without charge of any fee a certificate of discharge or other
separation from service documents from any person who has served
in the United States armed forces at any time, and who has been
honorably discharged or relieved from active service.
(b) All documents filed under this section on and after
July 1, 2003, shall be kept confidential and shall be available
only to the discharged person, that person's authorized agent,
that person's dependents, the veterans' service officer, the
Wyoming veteran's commission, a peace officer or by court order.
(c) Any person who has recorded a certificate of discharge
or other separation from service documents prior to July 1, 2003
may request that all filed documents which have not been
commingled be transferred or rerecorded without charge of any
fee and kept as a confidential file pursuant to subsection (b)
of this section.
(d) A county clerk shall, to the greatest extent
practical, take appropriate protective actions in accordance
with any limitations determined necessary by him with regard to
records that were filed with or placed in storage by a county
clerk prior to July 1, 2003.
(e) Ten (10) years after the death of the veteran, or, if
the date of death of the veteran is unknown, one hundred (100)
years from the time of discharge or release from active service,
the county clerk may transfer the documents filed under this
section to a public archive.