2014 Idaho Statutes
Title 65 - SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Chapter 3 - OFFICIAL SERVICES FOR VETERANS
Section 65-301 - PERFORMANCE WITHOUT FEE -- SERVICES ENUMERATED.
(2) Any veteran wishing to record his or her discharge papers may do so with personal identifying information such as date of birth, social security number, home address(es), blood type and other personal identifying information redacted from the document. The name of the veteran may not be redacted from the document.
(3) Any veteran or surviving spouse of any veteran of the United States armed forces or his or her surviving spouse, attorney, personal representative, executor or court appointed guardian has the right to request that a county recorder remove from the official records any of the following forms recorded before, on or after July 1, 2003, by or on behalf of the requesting veteran: DD-214; DD-215; WD AGO 53; WD AGO 55; WD AGO 53-55; NAVMC 78-PD; and NAVPERS 553. The request must specify the identification page number of the form to be removed. The request shall be made in person and with appropriate identification to allow determination of identity. The county recorder has no duty to inquire beyond the requestor to verify the identity of the person requesting removal. No fee shall be charged for the removal. Any paper and reasonably retrievable electronic likeness, the removal of which will not affect other recorded documents, shall be removed from the record.
(4) No DD-214, DD-215, WD AGO 53, WD AGO 55, WD AGO 53-55, NAVMC 78-PD, and NAVPERS 553, which is recorded at the request of any veteran of the United States armed forces or his or her surviving spouse, attorney, personal representative, executor or court appointed guardian shall be a public record subject to release by the provisions of sections 9-337 through 9-352, Idaho Code, without the express written consent of one (1) of the above enumerated individuals.
(5) Nothing in this section shall create or permit any cause of action against a county, county employee or the state of Idaho based upon harm caused by information released from the records of the county.
History:
[(65-301) 1927, ch. 110, sec. 1, p. 152; I.C.A., sec. 63-301; am. 1969, ch. 25, sec. 1, p. 49; am. 1995, ch. 3, sec. 1, p. 10; am. 2003, ch. 26, sec. 1, p. 95; am. 2011, ch. 302, sec. 6, p. 869.]
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