You have arrived looking for DD Form 456. Before you download, confirm this is the right document: Interrogatories and Dispositions. Full title: DD Form 456, Interrogatories and Deposition, May 2000.
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.
Once you know the form fits, find out when you file it. not stated sets the requirement, and not stated maintains the form itself. Your own command or agency adds local timing on top of that, so ask your administrative office if the deadline matters to you.
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If a particular field puzzles you, read the instructions printed on the form first, then go to not stated. When the two disagree, follow the directive.
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Download the pdf first. After it opens, test a field with your cursor. Fillable means you type, tab to the next box, and save your work inside the file. Printable means the page is a flat blank, so print it and write your answers in ink.
Go with the typed route whenever the choice is yours. Consider what happens after you submit: the copy gets scanned, forwarded and filed, and each pass costs handwriting some legibility. Block letters help if you are stuck with a pen.
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What the form asks for
- Deposition of: enter name.
- stationed or residing at: enter location
- By: enter convening authority, line 1.
- Dated: enter day and month.
- You will take or cause to be taken the deposition of the above-named witness on the following interrogatories, cross-interrogatories, and additional interrogatories, if any. If it is desired to give special instructions, add: special instructions attached. By:
- of:
- United States versus: enter name.
- In the matter of: enter case.
- to be read in evidence before a: enter general, special or summary court-martial, military commission, court of inquiry or military board.
- Year.
- Enter day and month.
- Enter year.
- Press this Reset button to clear the data from all fields.
- of the United States, convened to meet at: enter locationConvened to meet at (location).
- Convening authority, line 2.
- To: insert name or title of person who is requested to authorize the taking of the deposition. A separate letter complying with R C M 702 c 2 should be enclosed. It is requested that you authorize the deposition of the above named witness to be taken on the following interrogatories.
- Trial counsel or other person requesting deposition. a. Typed name: last, first, middle initial.Trial counsel or other person requesting deposition. a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- b. Official title.
- c. Unit or command name.
- d. Legal qualifications, such as certified in accordance with article 27 b, member of the bar of the Supreme court of, et cetera. If none, so state.
- e. Signature of person requesting deposition.
- f. Rank.
- g. Date signed.
- Address or title.
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 456 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.
Watch out for one trap here. If your instructions cite a DA form as well, do not assume the numbers are connected. DA numbering belongs to the Army alone; DD numbering belongs to the Department and is administered by not stated or another Department office. The same number in each system means two unrelated forms, so read the prefix before you download.
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Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 456?
- DD Form 456, Interrogatories and Deposition, May 2000
- Which edition is current?
- Not stated by the publisher
- Who is responsible for this form?
- Not stated
- In which formats can it be downloaded?