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Defense Department form, series DD, number 885. Full title: DD Form 885, Money Order Control Record, December 1955. Function: Money Order Control Record. Edition in force: not stated. Publisher 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.
Formats offered: PDF. Length: 2 pages. Fillable field count: roughly 200.
The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.
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
- Number of blank forms received by A P O.
- Number of blank forms received by N P O
- Insert location or A P O number.
- Blank money order forms received by: Press space bar to mark X if A P O.
- Mark X for blank m o forms received by N P O.
- Mark X if blank m o forms received from P M
- Mark X if blank m o forms received from P F O
- Serial numbers received, inclusive. Use a separate form for each series received. Enter beginning number.
- Enter ending serial number of series received.
- Money orders issued to military postal clerks: Page 1. Serial numbers, inclusive. Beginning number of series, line 1.
- Ending number of series issued, line 1.
- Signature of clerk to whom issued, line 1. If mailed, include unit number and registration number.
- Date issued, line 1.
- Number of forms issued, line 1.
- Number of forms remaining on hand, line 1.
- Custodian's initials, line 1.
- Beginning serial number of series issued, page 1, line 2.
- Ending number of series, page 1, line 2.
- Signature of clerk to whom issued, page 1, line 2. If mailed, include unit number and registration number.
- Date issued, page 1, line 2.
- Number of forms issued, page 1, line 2.
- Number of forms remaining on hand, page 1, line 2.
- Custodian's initials, page 1, line 2.
- Beginning serial number of series issued, page 1, line 3.
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.
The completed document moves to the office named in not stated or in local guidance. A retained copy is conventional practice.
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.
Where a DA form is cited alongside a DD form, the two belong to different systems: DA numbering is Army-specific and administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Defense-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Numbers do not translate between the systems.
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 885?
- DD Form 885, Money Order Control Record, December 1955
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?