Which document is this? DD Form 2787, official title DD Form 2787, Certificate of Warehousemen's Legal Liability Insurance, September 1998.. What does it do? It exists to Certificate of Warehouseman's Legal Liability Insurance. 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 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.
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
- 5.a.(1) Address of warehouse, line 1.
- 5.b.(1) Limit of liability.
- 5.a.(2) Address of warehouse, line 2.
- 5.b.(2) Limit of liability.
- 5.a.(3) Address of warehouse, line 3.
- 5.b.(3) Limit of liability.
- Deductible amount.
- 1. Insurance company. a. Name.
- 1.b. Address (number, street, city, state, zip code).
- 2. Contractor. a. Name.
- 2.b. Address (number, street, city, state, and zip code).
- 3. Policy number.
- 4. Effective date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day) (12:01 A. M. Standard Time at the place of issuance and continuing until cancelled as provided for in paragraph 5 below).
- The certificate may be cancelled only by giving 30 days notice in writing to:
- 6.b. Address (number, street, city, state and zip code).
- Issuing Office. 6.a. Name of insurance company/underwriter/agent.
- 6.c. Telephone number (Include area code).
- 7.a. Name of authorized insurance company representative.
- b. Signature.
- 7.c. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
Download the form
Which files are here? These: PDF. How much work is involved? 1 pages, about 21 entry fields.
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.
What does any of this cost? Nothing. Every format listed is a free download. One practical note: save the file and open it in a desktop pdf reader, because browser previews often ignore interactive fields and lose what you typed.
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.
Is the form its own instruction manual? Partly. The rest sits in not stated, which is also the authority where the two texts conflict.
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.
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.
Is any of this advice? No. This page distributes a published Defense form and explains its contents, which is a different thing from telling you whether your circumstances qualify or whether a reviewer will accept your copy. Direct questions of eligibility, applicability and procedure to not stated, to your servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2787?
- DD Form 2787, Certificate of Warehousemen's Legal Liability Insurance, September 1998.
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?