2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 422 - EVIDENCE AND LOST RECORDS 422.090 Discharge from military or naval service may be recorded -- Persons entitled to copies -- Copies as evidence -- Exemption from public disclosure except by certain persons or on order of court -- Request to destroy copies -- Reminder to ensure confidentiality.
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422.090 Discharge from military or naval service may be recorded -- Persons
entitled to copies -- Copies as evidence -- Exemption from public
disclosure except by certain persons or on order of court -- Request to
destroy copies -- Reminder to ensure confidentiality.
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All discharge papers, including Form DD-214, given, executed or delivered to
any person in the military or naval service of the United States, which evidence
his discharge from the service of the United States and show the unit or part of
the department to which he was attached and from which he was discharged
may be recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the
person discharged is a resident. Upon the presentation of such discharge
papers the county clerk shall record them, without charge therefor, in a suitable
book which he shall provide for that purpose.
A certified or attested copy of such recorded discharge is admissible evidence
in all proceedings in which such discharge may come in question or in which it
might be used as legal evidence of any fact.
It shall be the duty of each county clerk to index alphabetically the name of
each person whose discharge papers are recorded as provided in this section
and to keep such index as a permanent record in such office. This index shall
be a public record which shall be disclosed to any member of the public. The
index shall not be bound with the book in which the discharge papers are
recorded, but shall be a separate bound index.
Except as provided in subsections (5) and (6) of this section, discharge papers
recorded with the county clerk shall not be public records subject to public
disclosure.
Upon presentation of proper identification, the following individuals may be
provided with a copy, a certified copy, or an attested copy of discharge papers
recorded with the county clerk:
(a) The veteran named in the discharge papers;
(b) His or her spouse, widow or widower, child eighteen (18) years of age or
older, parent, grandparent, or sibling eighteen (18) years of age or older;
(c) Any person authorized by the veteran;
(d) A guardian, limited guardian, conservator, or limited conservator of a
disabled or partially disabled veteran named in the discharge papers;
(e) An individual with power of attorney for the veteran;
(f) A funeral director handling funeral arrangements for the veteran; and
(g) The personal representative of the veteran's estate.
(a) Discharge papers shall be subject to discovery under the federal and
Kentucky rules of criminal and civil procedure.
(b) The county clerk shall comply with any proper court order pertaining to
discharge papers.
Upon presentation of proper identification, a veteran may ask the county clerk
to destroy that veteran's discharge papers. Within fifteen (15) days of receiving
the request, the county clerk shall destroy all copies of the discharge papers in
whatever form they are being held.
With regard to military discharge papers, including Form DD-214, filed before
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July 13, 2004, if a county clerk has commingled such discharge papers with
documents unrelated to military discharge, that county clerk, in handling such
discharge papers, may comply with the provisions in subsections (4), (5), and
(6) of this section as well as the provision in subsection (3) of this section that
the index shall not be bound with the book in which the discharge papers are
recorded but shall be a separate bound index.
The Kentucky Department of Veterans' Affairs shall send a reminder of the
provisions of this section to all Kentucky county clerks in January of each year
to ensure the confidentiality of veterans' discharge papers.
Effective:July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2010. -Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 52, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 384, sec. 523, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1944 Ky.
Acts ch. 32, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective
October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 1637a-1, 1637a-2, 1637a-4.
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