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DD Form 1714 — a Department of Defense document. Title of record: DD Form 1714, Product Verification Record, June 1969. Stated purpose: Product Verification Record. Edition date not stated; status not stated.
Governing directive: not stated. Responsible office: not stated. The DD designation signals joint scope — all military departments, combatant commands and defense agencies draw on a single edition of the document.
Users include uniformed members of any branch, DoD civilian employees, contractor personnel where authorized, and the administrative staff who process the completed record.
When the form is filed is a matter of not stated and local instruction. The description here covers the document itself and how to obtain a copy.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 200 fillable fields.
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
- 1. Contract number.
- 2. Lot number.
- 3. Date of verification.
- 4. Prime contractor (name, city and state).
- 5. Lot size.
- 6. Verification of: Press space bar to mark X in first box if contractor, second box if QCR.
- 7. Plant location (city and state).
- 8. Drawn from: X first box if original lot, second box if resubmitted, or third box if other.
- If other, specify.
- 9. Defects based on: X first box if DHU, second box if percent defective.
- 10. Item description.
- 11. Type of verification.
- 12. Result of verification. X first box if comparable, second box if noncomparable.
- 13. Specification number and date.
- 14. Number of lots verified to date.
- 15. Disposition. X first box if accepted, second box if rejected.
- Sampling plans. X first box if contractor, second box if QCR.
- Sampling plans. 16. Examination, line 1.
- 17. Inspection level.
- 18. AQL.
- 19. Class of defect.
- 20.a. Sample size.
- b. Number of defects.
- 21. Acceptance number.
Order of completion: identification block first, substantive entries second, certification and signature last. The blank is laid out in that sequence and the sequence is not arbitrary — later entries often depend on data established in the header.
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.
The signature block takes an actual signature. On paper this means ink; electronically it means a credentialed digital signature, commonly CAC-based. Typed text in a signature field satisfies neither.
Where personal information is collected, a Privacy Act Statement appears on or with the form. It names the collection authority, the purpose, the routine uses of the data and the consequence of withholding it. Reading it precedes filling the form.
Errors seen most often involve edition mismatch, empty mandatory fields, illegibility after scanning, date formats inconsistent with the printed instruction, and unsigned or undated certification.
Field-level instructions appear on the form itself and in not stated. The directive is the controlling text.
Once executed, routing follows not stated and the submitting organization's own instruction. Keeping a copy is standard.
Associated forms are traced by number within the series. Because the DD sequence is common to all military departments, no service qualifier is needed to identify a referenced form.
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.
Forms are reissued for several reasons: directive revision, changed data requirements, updated notice language. Confirming not stated at the moment of download covers the risk.
This page distributes a published Department of Defense document and describes it. It is not a source of legal advice and makes no representation about acceptance of any completed form. Questions of applicability, eligibility or procedure belong to not stated, the servicing personnel office, or the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1714?
- DD Form 1714, Product Verification Record, June 1969
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?