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Department of Defense form 2481. Official designation: DD Form 2481, Request for Recovery of Debt Due the United States by Salary Offset, April 2006. Purpose: Request for Recovery of Debt Due the United States by Salary Offset. Current edition 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.
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 65 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.
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.
All formats download free of charge. Pdf files open in any modern reader; interactive fields behave most predictably in a desktop application, less so in browser viewers.
What the form asks for
- 1. Paying office identification. a. Name.
- 1. b. Address, include street, city, state and zip code.
- 1.c. Contact name (last, first, middle initial).
- 1.d. E-mail address.
- 1.e. Telephone (DSN and commercial).
- 2. Employee identification. a. Name (last, first, middle initial).
- 2. b. Address (street, city, state and zip code).
- 2. c. Date of birth.
- 2. d. Social security number. Do not include dashes.
- 3. c. Debt identification number, if any.
- 3. Debt information. a. Reason for debt.
- 3. b. Date right to collect accrued (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3.d. Original debt amount.
- 3.f. Interest due.
- If no interest due, enter N/A.
- 3.g. Penalty due.
- If no penalty due, enter N/A.
- If no administrative cost, enter N/A.
- 3.h. Administrative cost.
- 3.i. Total collection to be made.
- 3.e. Number of installments, line 1.
- 3.e.(1) At (rate of payment).
- 3.e.(2) Amount.
- 3.e. Number of installments, line 2.
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.
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.
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.
Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2481 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.
A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.
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.
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 2481?
- DD Form 2481, Request for Recovery of Debt Due the United States by Salary Offset, April 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?