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DA Form 3328 — PROPERTY RECORD

property record

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DA Form 3328 belongs to the DA series of Department of the Army publications. Its official title is PROPERTY RECORD, and its stated purpose is property record. Edition in force: 12/01/2023. Publication status: ACTIVE. Length is 2 page(s), with roughly 200 fields available for entry.

Responsibility for content and revision lies with G-4. The prescribing directive is AR 710-4, which sets both the trigger for use and the disposition of the completed document. Entry is made by the named party or by the records clerk holding the file, with review and signature applied in the prescribed order. This edition has been superseded by a newer one. It is kept accessible for reference and for records already completed under it.

Distributed formats: PDF. The layout is common to all of them; what varies is the method of entry. The pdf is the reference version. In the fillable pdf the entry areas are live objects that accept typing; in the printable version the same areas are inert and are filled by hand after printing.

A pdf opens in any current browser or in a dedicated reader. Fillable behaviour is more reliable in a full reader than in a browser viewer, where some field types render but do not save.

Every format is available at no charge and without sign-up. Files are distributed exactly as published, with no changes to the page.

What the form asks for

  • AUTHORTY
  • AUTHOR_C
  • AUTHOR_C_1
  • AUTHOR_C_10
  • AUTHOR_C_11
  • AUTHOR_C_12
  • AUTHOR_C_13
  • AUTHOR_C_14
  • AUTHOR_C_15
  • AUTHOR_C_16
  • AUTHOR_C_17
  • AUTHOR_C_18
  • AUTHOR_C_19
  • AUTHOR_C_2
  • AUTHOR_C_20
  • AUTHOR_C_21
  • AUTHOR_C_22
  • AUTHOR_C_23
  • AUTHOR_C_24
  • AUTHOR_C_3
  • AUTHOR_C_4
  • AUTHOR_C_5
  • AUTHOR_C_6
  • AUTHOR_C_7

Completion follows the printed sequence of blocks from the top of the page downward. The heading area takes the identifying particulars — name, identification number, organisation, date of preparation. Retrieval of the record from a file depends on these entries, and they are therefore filled first.

Typed entry is made straight into the interactive fields. The tab key moves through them in the order set at build time, generally matching the reading order of the page. Boxes and buttons respond to a click; in an exclusive group, one selection cancels the others. Single-line fields do not wrap, and anything longer than the field width prints cut off although it may still display in full on screen. Extended text goes to remarks or a continuation sheet rather than into a narrow box.

The signature block is completed last and by hand or by an accepted electronic means. An unsigned form is a draft. Where a second signature is called for — reviewing official, approving authority, witness — each is applied in the order the blocks appear and dated as of application, not as of preparation. Blank mandatory fields are the most frequent defect; a nil entry is marked as such rather than left empty. Other recurring faults: transposed digits in identification numbers, dates in the wrong order of day and month, and stale copies retaining prior data because a working file was reused instead of a fresh blank form.

A Privacy Act statement appears on the form where personal information is collected. It sets out the authority for collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is mandatory or voluntary. The statement is read before entry, not after. Completed copies carry personal data and are handled and stored under the safeguards applicable to that data.

The completed form is routed as the governing authority prescribes: to the office named in the directive, through the unit administrative channel, or into the individual's file, depending on the case. A copy is retained by the preparer. Filing and retention follow the records schedule applicable to the series rather than local practice.

Associated documents are located through the series and number scheme. Forms in the DA series with the same proponent or the same prescribing directive tend to be used as a set, and any form named on the face of another normally accompanies it. Continuations, cover sheets, and transmittals fall into this category and are gathered before the package is sent.

Revision by the proponent supersedes an edition. Version is read from the edition date printed on the form itself, and a stored copy is compared against the current edition before it is used again. Documents already executed under an earlier edition are not redone because of the change.

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Questions and answers

What is DA Form 3328?
PROPERTY RECORD
Which edition is current?
12/01/2023
Who is responsible for this form?
G-4
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF, PDF

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