You have arrived looking for DD Form 1797. Before you download, confirm this is the right document: Personal Property Counseling Checklist. Full title: DD Form 1797, Personal Property Counseling Checklist, September 1998.
Your second step is the edition, not stated, listed as not stated. Your third is scope. Because the number carries a DD prefix, you use the same blank as every other military department and defense agency; no service-specific version exists for you to hunt down.
After that, turn to timing. The requirement comes from not stated; the form is maintained by not stated. Local implementing instructions fill in the dates, so check with the office that will receive your copy.
Finally, decide how you will complete it. You can type into a fillable file or print a blank and write by hand, and the rest of this page walks you through both paths in order.
Start at the header. Complete your identification before anything else, then work through the main entries, then finish at the certification. Skipping around causes contradictions between the top of the form and the bottom.
Your first action is verification. Find the edition date on the form and match it against not stated. A mismatch means you are working from a superseded printing, and because DD forms change Department-wide rather than service by service, the office receiving it will notice.
For questions about a specific entry, check the form's own instructions, and if that does not settle it, open not stated. The directive controls where they differ.
Download the form
First, look at what you can download. The set covers PDF, the form runs 2 pages, and you will complete roughly 106 fields.
Choose pdf as your default. Next, click inside a box. A fillable pdf responds by outlining the field and letting you type; the text stays in the document when you save it. A printable pdf does not respond, which tells you to print the page and complete it by hand.
Prefer typing over writing. Your form will likely be scanned and emailed onward, and typed text reproduces at every stage while pen strokes fade or blur. When you do write, print in capitals so the receiving clerk can read it.
Whichever you pick, you pay nothing — every format here is a free download. One last tip: open your pdf in a desktop reader rather than in a browser tab, because browser viewers sometimes drop the interactive fields you need.
What the form asks for
- 7 Checklist, Part I Household Goods. 1. Mark X for entitlements under the order described above (number of shipments, authorized destination, et cetera)
- 2. Mark X for weight allowances.
- Weight allowance for P. C. S.
- Weight allowance for T. D. Y.
- 3. Mark X for weight restriction at new duty station, if any
- 4. Mark X for member's responsibility to reimburse the Government for any excess costs occasioned by this shipment or shipments
- 5. Mark X for pickup date and required delivery date as determined by requirements of the member.
- Pickup date.
- Required delivery date.
- 6. Mark X for mode or method of shipment, including name of carrier if known
- 7. Mark X for unauthorized items and disposal of useless items
- 8. Mark X for professional books, papers, and equipment
- 9. Mark X for member's responsibility to prepare and submit a complete DD form 1701, Inventory of Household Goods
- 10. Mark X for servicing or deservicing appliances
- 11. Mark X. for temporary storage, contractual or in transit
- 12. Mark X for checking inventory at origin and destination, noting discrepancies on reverse of P. P. G. B. L.., D D Form 619, and carrier's inventory prior to signing
- 13. Mark X for checking DD form 619 prepared by carrier at origin for complete accuracy of information recorded thereon
- 14. Mark X for member's responsibility to sign delivery documents and release them to carrier immediately upon delivery of property and completion of delivery services and annotation of discrepancies
- 15. Mark X for member's responsibility to contact the destination I. T. O. immediately upon arrival to give a point of contact for the I. T. O. when property arrives
- 16. Mark X for member's responsibility to contact origin and destination I. T. O. if there is any change in orders or there are other factors that could affect delivery of the shipment
- 17. Mark X. for extra pickup or delivery charges, when applicable
- 18. Mark X for procedure to designate agent to release property or accept property in absence of member and use of Power of Attorney or informal letter of authority
- 19. Mark X for what documentation given to member and its importance to him
- 20. Mark X for member's responsibility to complete and turn in quality control form
Submit the completed form through the channel not stated or your local guidance specifies. Save a copy for yourself before it leaves your hands, whether that means a scan, a photograph or a duplicate file.
When DD Form 1797 references another form, search on the series and number. Because DD numbers are common to every military department, the number by itself identifies exactly one document.
Be careful when a procedure pairs this form with a service form. Read the prefix, not just the digits. Service forms answer to a service proponent, while DD forms answer to not stated or an equivalent Department office, and the two sequences were never aligned. Grabbing the wrong prefix gets you a form that has nothing to do with your task.
Do not archive this file and reuse it in a year. Forms are reissued as directives are revised, as data requirements shift, and as statutory notice text is amended. Your protection is simple: download fresh each time and confirm the edition date.
Before you go, note what is not covered here. You have the blank form and instructions for completing it; you do not have legal guidance, and no statement on this page determines what any office will do with your submission. Direct those questions to not stated, to the personnel office that serves you, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 1797?
- DD Form 1797, Personal Property Counseling Checklist, 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?