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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1252. Full title: DD Form 1252, US CBP Declaration for Personal Property Shipments - Part I, February 2006. Function: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Declaration for Personal Property Shipments - Part I. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Prescribing authority: not stated. Proponent: not stated. Unlike service-specific publications, DD forms carry Department-level authority and apply across the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and Coast Guard when operating under Defense jurisdiction.
The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.
Submission follows the schedule set by not stated and by local implementing procedures. This page provides the blank form for download and general orientation only.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 23.
The pdf is the primary distribution format. A fillable pdf accepts typed entries in defined field boxes and stores them in the file; a printable pdf is a flat image of the blank, meant for pen entry after printing. The distinction matters for legibility and for records that pass between offices.
What the form asks for
- Customs declaration number.
- Part 1 - Household goods, unaccompanied baggage, and privately owned vehicles. 1. To: (overseas POE/APOE).
- 2. From (military customs inspector).
- Section A - Owner's customs declaration. 1. Name (last, first, middle initial, print or type).
- 4. Grade.
- 5. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 6. Unit address overseas (include A P O number).
- 7. Address in U.S. (include zip code).
- 8. Declaration for: Press space bar to mark X if Household Goods.
- 8. Mark X if Unaccompanied Baggage.
- 8. Mark X if privately owned vehicle.
- Number of members of family.
- Amount of alcohol beverages.
- Number of cigars.
- (7) I have been serving overseas under competent US Government orders and was: Press space bar to mark X in first box if assigned to permanent duty overseas, second box if required to perform temporary duty overseas for 140 days or more, third box if assigned to temporary duty overseas under orders, fourth box if directed from one overseas duty station to another, fifth box if directed to evacuate to the United States, or sixth box if directed to ship personal property in advance of travel orders.
- 10.a. Signature of owner.
- 10.b. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 11. Remarks.
- 12. For use of U.S. CBP officers.
- 13. Name of carrier.
- 14. Voyage or flight number.
- Copy designation. X appropriate box: 1 - Attach to manifest, 2 - Place in envelope affixed to No. 1 cargo container, 3 - Origin transportation office file, or 4 - Owner.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.
Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
Some procedures pair a DD form with a service form. The two numbering systems are separate — service forms answer to a service proponent, DD forms to not stated or another Department office — and a matching number in each system means nothing.
Revision occurs when the prescribing directive is reissued, when the data collected changes, or when statutory notice language is amended. Verification of the edition date at download addresses all three.
Scope of this page: distribution of a published form and description of its contents. It offers no legal guidance and no assurance regarding any particular submission. Direct procedural questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1252?
- DD Form 1252, US CBP Declaration for Personal Property Shipments - Part I, February 2006
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?