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Defense Department form, series DD, number 456. Full title: DD Form 456, Interrogatories and Deposition, May 2000. Function: Interrogatories and Dispositions. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher 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.
The download set covers PDF. Document length is 4 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.
What the form asks for
- Deposition of: enter name.
- stationed or residing at: enter location
- By: enter convening authority, line 1.
- Dated: enter day and month.
- You will take or cause to be taken the deposition of the above-named witness on the following interrogatories, cross-interrogatories, and additional interrogatories, if any. If it is desired to give special instructions, add: special instructions attached. By:
- of:
- United States versus: enter name.
- In the matter of: enter case.
- to be read in evidence before a: enter general, special or summary court-martial, military commission, court of inquiry or military board.
- Year.
- Enter day and month.
- Enter year.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- of the United States, convened to meet at: enter locationConvened to meet at (location).
- Convening authority, line 2.
- To: insert name or title of person who is requested to authorize the taking of the deposition. A separate letter complying with R C M 702 c 2 should be enclosed. It is requested that you authorize the deposition of the above named witness to be taken on the following interrogatories.
- Trial counsel or other person requesting deposition. a. Typed name: last, first, middle initial.Trial counsel or other person requesting deposition. a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Official title.
- c. Unit or command name.
- d. Legal qualifications, such as certified in accordance with article 27 b, member of the bar of the Supreme court of, et cetera. If none, so state.
- e. Signature of person requesting deposition.
- f. Rank.
- g. Date signed.
- Address or title.
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.
The current edition is not stated. Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field correspondence. Edition date appears in the lower corner of the printed blank.
Guidance for specific entries sits on the form face and in not stated; the directive is authoritative where the two do not agree.
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.
Cross-referenced forms are found through the numbering system. The DD sequence is Department-level and unified, which means a number cited on the page identifies one document across the whole Department.
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.
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 456?
- DD Form 456, Interrogatories and Deposition, May 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?