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Defense Department form, series DD, number 281. Full title: DD Form 281, Voucher for Emergency or Extraordinary Expense Expenditures, January 2000.. Function: Voucher for Emergency or Extraordinary Expense Expenditures. 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.
Common users: service members regardless of branch, Defense civilian staff, and the offices that file, verify or retain the finished document.
Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.
Available formats: PDF. The form runs 1 pages and contains approximately 52 fillable fields.
Free download applies to every format listed. Any current pdf reader opens the pdf files, though field behaviour is most reliable in a full desktop reader rather than a browser preview.
What the form asks for
- 1. Disbursing Office voucher number.
- 2. Bureau voucher number.
- 3. Voucher prepared at (location).
- 4. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators).
- 5. Paid by (for use of paying office).
- 6. United States, DR, To (Payee).
- 7. Address (nclude zip code).
- 8. For emergency or extraordinary expense expenditures under appropriations listed below. a. Expenses incurred during the period (Fill in only if voucher covers reimbursement of funds actually expended). From:
- a. Expenses incurred during the period to:
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 1.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 2.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 3.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 4.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 5.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 6.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 7.
- c. Amount.
- b. Appropriation chargeable, line 8.
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.
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.
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.
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 281?
- DD Form 281, Voucher for Emergency or Extraordinary Expense Expenditures, January 2000.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?