The following bit of news deals with Ohio Veteran’s Discharge Records filed within the last 75 years – and comes from the April, 2009 eNews of the Warren County Genealogical Society.
Ohio has passed S.B. 248 which became effective on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. This new law takes all of the soldiers discharge records (DD214) filed with the county recorder within the last 75 years out of the public domain. Unless you get a court order, full access is now limited to the veteran or a person having a Power of Attorney for the veteran. If the veteran is deceased, the record will also be available to the funeral director and the fiduciary of the estate. For all others you will only be allowed to “view” a redacted copy showing the veteran’s name, rank, birth date & date & type of discharge. Government entities such as the VA and the County Veteran’s Service Officer will continue to have access to the complete record.
