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Defense Department form, series DD, number 1797. Full title: DD Form 1797, Personal Property Counseling Checklist, September 1998. Function: Personal Property Counseling Checklist. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher status: not stated.
Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.
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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 106 entry fields.
Xfdl is present in the set. The format belongs to IBM Lotus Forms — long the Defense standard for electronic forms — and needs the matching viewer; pdf applications will report the file as unreadable.
Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.
What the form asks for
- 7 Checklist, Part I Household Goods. 1. Mark X for entitlements under the order described above (number of shipments, authorized destination, et cetera)
- 2. Mark X for weight allowances.
- Weight allowance for P. C. S.
- Weight allowance for T. D. Y.
- 3. Mark X for weight restriction at new duty station, if any
- 4. Mark X for member's responsibility to reimburse the Government for any excess costs occasioned by this shipment or shipments
- 5. Mark X for pickup date and required delivery date as determined by requirements of the member.
- Pickup date.
- Required delivery date.
- 6. Mark X for mode or method of shipment, including name of carrier if known
- 7. Mark X for unauthorized items and disposal of useless items
- 8. Mark X for professional books, papers, and equipment
- 9. Mark X for member's responsibility to prepare and submit a complete DD form 1701, Inventory of Household Goods
- 10. Mark X for servicing or deservicing appliances
- 11. Mark X. for temporary storage, contractual or in transit
- 12. Mark X for checking inventory at origin and destination, noting discrepancies on reverse of P. P. G. B. L.., D D Form 619, and carrier's inventory prior to signing
- 13. Mark X for checking DD form 619 prepared by carrier at origin for complete accuracy of information recorded thereon
- 14. Mark X for member's responsibility to sign delivery documents and release them to carrier immediately upon delivery of property and completion of delivery services and annotation of discrepancies
- 15. Mark X for member's responsibility to contact the destination I. T. O. immediately upon arrival to give a point of contact for the I. T. O. when property arrives
- 16. Mark X for member's responsibility to contact origin and destination I. T. O. if there is any change in orders or there are other factors that could affect delivery of the shipment
- 17. Mark X. for extra pickup or delivery charges, when applicable
- 18. Mark X for procedure to designate agent to release property or accept property in absence of member and use of Power of Attorney or informal letter of authority
- 19. Mark X for what documentation given to member and its importance to him
- 20. Mark X for member's responsibility to complete and turn in quality control form
Completion runs in the order printed on the page: identifying data at the head, the body of the entry next, certification at the foot. Header data frequently governs what belongs in the fields below it.
Verify the edition date against not stated before entry. Department-level revisions replace the blank across every service simultaneously, so an old copy in a desk drawer may no longer correspond to current field numbering.
Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.
After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.
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.
Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.
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 1797?
- DD Form 1797, Personal Property Counseling Checklist, September 1998
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?