So what is DD Form 2251? The short answer: a Defense Department document, officially DD Form 2251, Request for Door Keys and Special Locks, April 1981, used to Door Keys and Special Locks, Request for. Anything else you need follows from that.
Will you need a different form because of where you serve? No. DD forms are Department-wide instruments, and that scope is what separates them from service publications. One edition, all branches, defense agencies included.
Who decides this form exists? not stated owns it; not stated directs its use. If someone told you to file this, the authority traces back to those.
How current is this? Edition not stated, publisher status not stated. That is the version described throughout this page.
What the form asks for
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
- Item 3. a. Enter room number
- Item 3. b. Enter number of keys
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 92 entry fields.
What is the difference between fillable and printable? A fillable pdf has real field boxes that accept typed text and hold it inside the file. A printable pdf is a flat blank with no fields at all, intended for a printer and a pen. Which one you have determines how you complete the form, so it is worth checking first.
Should you type or write? Type, whenever the choice is yours. The reason is what happens after submission: the record gets copied and scanned, and every pass costs handwriting legibility that typed entries never lose.
Where do you start? At the top. Identification first, the substance of the entry second, certification last. Why that order? Because fields lower on the page often depend on data you established in the header, and filling out of sequence produces contradictions.
What if your copy is old? Replace it. Check the date printed on the form against not stated. Old blanks circulate for years in shared folders, and because a DD revision lands across the whole Department at once, the receiving office will be working from the new layout.
What if a specific field still puzzles you? Read the instructions printed on the form, then not stated. Which wins if they differ? The directive.
What happens after you finish? It routes to the office specified in not stated or in local guidance. And your own record? Save a duplicate first; nobody regrets having one.
How do you find a form referenced inside this one? By its number alone. The DD sequence runs across the entire Department, so a number identifies exactly one document regardless of which service cited it.
Do DA and DD numbers ever correspond? Never. DA numbering is Army-specific, administered by an Army proponent, while DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. Identical digits in the two systems mean two unrelated documents, which is why the prefix matters more than the number.
Why do editions change at all? Three reasons, mostly: the prescribing directive gets reissued, the information collected changes, or the required notice language is amended. Are you notified when it happens? No. Which is why confirming not stated at the moment you download is worth the few seconds.
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 2251?
- DD Form 2251, Request for Door Keys and Special Locks, April 1981
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?