Which document is this? DD Form 2704, official title DD Form 2704, Victim/Witness Certification and Election Concerning Prisoner Status, March 2013. What does it do? It exists to Victim/Witness Certification and Election Concerning Prisoner Status. Everything on this page builds on those two facts.
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 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.
Is this the right edition? The current one is dated not stated, and the publisher carries it as not stated. Check that against whatever copy you already have before going further.
What the form asks for
- Incident number.
- Installation.
- City.
- State.
- Zip code.
- Court martial convening order number, date, and issuing command.
- Section 2 - Certification of no victims or witnesses. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Signature of trial counsel or designee.
- Typed name (last, first).
- Grade and title.
- Telephone number.
- Section 3 - Certification of advice to victims or witnesses. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Signature of trial counsel or designee.
- Typed name (last, first).
- Grade and title.
- Telephone number.
- Section 4 - Distribution. Addresses (include 9-digit zip code and telephone number). 1. Military Service Central Repository.
- 2. Law enforcement/special investigation Address (include 9-digit zip code and telephone number).
- 3. Correctional/brig facility (name and address) (include 9-digit zip code and telephone number).
- Name of accused (last, first, middle initial).
- Social security number (last 4 digits only).
- 1. Name (last, first, middle initial) and age if under 18. Line 1.
- Affiliation status. Select one.
- Status. Select one.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 3 pages, about 142 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.
In what order do you complete it? The printed order, top to bottom. Header data comes before the body, and the body before the signature block. The sequence is not decorative — later entries are keyed to earlier ones.
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.
Can you leave fields blank? Not safely. A reviewer cannot tell a deliberate omission from a missed question, so mark inapplicable items N/A. And date fields? Match the format shown on the form — conventions differ, and misreading a date is easy.
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.
How do you sign electronically? With a digital signature, usually CAC-based, in a reader that handles it. Will typing your name work? Not as execution — it fills a field without certifying anything. Either way, the date goes in immediately after.
What sends forms back most often? An obsolete edition, blank required boxes, handwriting illegible after scanning, dates in a format the form did not ask for, and certification without a signature or without a date.
Where do you look up an unclear entry? The form face first, not stated second. And when the two disagree? not stated controls.
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.
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.
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.
How often does a form like this change? Unpredictably — revision follows directive changes, altered collection requirements and updated notice language. What is the practical defence? Verifying not stated every time you download rather than trusting a saved copy.
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 2704?
- DD Form 2704, Victim/Witness Certification and Election Concerning Prisoner Status, 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?