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Department of Defense form 1863. Official designation: DD Form 1863, Accessorial Services - Mobile Homes, September 1998. Purpose: Accessorial Services-Mobile Home. Current edition not stated, 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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 2 pages with about 152 entry 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
- Section 2 - Certificate of carrier. 8. Carrier furnished materials/performed services as indicated hereon. Press space bar to mark X if at Origin.
- 8. Mark X if at destination.
- 8. Mark X if other.
- 18.j. Preparation for movement. (1) Description.
- 18.j.(2) Unit price.
- 18.j.(3) Charge or no charge (N/C).
- 18.k. Appliance servicing. (1) Description.
- 18.k.(2) Unit price.
- 18.k.(3) Charge or no charge (N/C).
- 18.l. Other, line 2.
- 18.l. (1) Description.
- 18.l.(2) Unit price.
- 18.l.(3) Charge or no charge (N/C).
- 18.l. Other, line 3.
- 18.l. (1) Description.
- 18.l.(2) Unit price.
- 18.l.(3) Charge or no charge (N/C).
- 18.l. Other, line 4.
- 18.l. (1) Description.
- 18.l.(2) Unit price.
- 18.l.(3) Charge or no charge (N/C).
- 18.l. Other, line 5.
- 18.l. (1) Description.
- 18.l.(2) Unit price.
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.
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.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
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 1863?
- DD Form 1863, Accessorial Services - Mobile Homes, 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?