So what is DD Form 1412? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 1412, Inventory of Articles Shipped in House Trailer, July 1974, used to Inventory of Articles Shipped in House Trailer. Anything else you need follows from that.
Does it apply to your branch? Yes. The DD prefix means Department of Defense, not one service, so the same blank serves the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force and the Coast Guard under Defense jurisdiction. There is no Army version and no Navy version to search for.
Who is behind it? not stated maintains the form, and not stated is the publication that requires it. Those two names answer most questions about why you are being asked to submit anything at all.
Which edition should you have? not stated, listed as not stated. A copy dated otherwise is a copy worth replacing.
What the form asks for
- Item number, label 1. Enter sequentially
- Articles.
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 2. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 3. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 4. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 5. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Item number, label 6. Enter sequentially
- Enter articles
- Condition at origin. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
- Exceptions at destination, if any. Enter alpha code for condition and numerical code for location. Leave blank if good
Download the form
What formats exist for this form? PDF. What is the scale of it? 1 pages and approximately 200 fields.
Fillable or printable — which do you have? Click inside a box. If it accepts a cursor and typed text, the file is fillable and your entries save with it. If nothing happens, the pdf is flat, and the only way forward is printing it and writing on paper.
Does typing matter? It does. Your completed form will probably be scanned, forwarded and filed, and typed text comes through each of those steps unchanged while handwriting degrades. If pen is your only option, block capitals give the receiving clerk a fighting chance.
Is xfdl worth downloading? Only if you have the viewer. The format comes from IBM Lotus Forms, which carried Defense form distribution for a long stretch, and no ordinary pdf application will read it.
Do you pay for these? No. Free download, every format. What should you avoid? Filling the form inside a browser tab; the fields frequently do not save.
Can you skip around the form? Better not to. The layout runs identification, then content, then certification, and entries near the bottom frequently take their meaning from what sits above them.
Why does the edition matter so much here? Because DD forms are revised centrally. When the Department reissues one, it reissues it for all branches simultaneously, and the field layout can shift. Compare the printed date against not stated before you type anything.
Which fields are required? Treat all of them as required, marking N/A where an item genuinely does not apply. What trips people on dates? Writing them in a familiar format instead of the one the form specifies.
What does the Privacy Act notice cover? Four things: the legal authority behind the collection, the purpose, the routine uses, and whether disclosure is required. When should you read it? Before entering personal information, while the choice is still open.
What counts as a signature? Ink on a printed copy, or a credentialed digital signature — CAC-based, applied in software that supports it. What does not count? Your name typed into the signature box. That is a name. Then date the block, because an undated certification is a returned form.
Which mistakes are worth a final check? Superseded edition, gaps in mandatory fields, unreadable writing on a scanned copy, non-conforming date format, unsigned or undated certification.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
Who receives it? The office not stated designates, subject to whatever local instruction your organization adds. What do you keep? A copy, made before the form leaves your hands.
Do you need to know which branch issued a related form? No. DD numbering is Department-wide and unified, which means the number on its own is a complete address for the document.
Can you assume a matching number is the same form? No, and this is where downloads go wrong. Read the prefix. Army numbering and Department numbering are independent systems, so the digits alone tell you nothing about which document you need.
Should you archive this file and reuse it next year? Better not. Forms are revised as directives are reissued, as data requirements shift and as statutory notice text is updated, and none of that reaches you directly. Download fresh, check the edition date.
Will your completed form be accepted? That is not a question this page can answer. What you have here is a published Department of Defense document, a description of it and instructions for filling it out. Nothing on the page is legal advice, and nothing here determines what any office does with a submission. Where do the remaining questions go? To not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office named in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1412?
- DD Form 1412, Inventory of Articles Shipped in House Trailer, July 1974
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?