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Defense Department form, series DD, number 499. Full title: DD Form 499, Prisoner's Mail and Correspondence Record, March 2013. Function: Prisoner's Mail and Correspondence Record. 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.
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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 1 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 200.
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.
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. Prisoner name (last, first, middle).
- 3. Marital status. Press space bar to mark X in first box if single, second bos if married, third box if divorced, or fourth box if legally separated.
- X first box if approved, second box if disapproved.
- 4. Authorized correspondents. Name, relationship and address (include zip code), line 1 of 10.
- Commander's initials.
- X first box if approved, second box if disapproved.
- 4. Authorized correspondents, line 2.
- Commander's initials.
- X first box if approved, second box if disapproved.
- a. Incoming mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- b. Outgoing mail (date).
- Outgoing mail (date).
- Outgoing mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- Outgoing mail (date).
- Outgoing mail (date).
- Outgoing mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
- Incoming mail (date).
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 Superseded editions of DD forms are frequently rejected at the receiving office, since Department-wide forms change centrally and older layouts lose their field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.
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.
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.
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 499?
- DD Form 499, Prisoner's Mail and Correspondence Record, March 2013
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?