DD Form 1299 at a glance
What it is: DD Form 1299, Application for Shipment and/or Storage of Personal Property, is for evaluating requests submitted by Service members and eligible individuals for shipment and/or storage of personal property.
A filled-in DD Form 1299 example: a Sergeant ships household goods

How to fill out DD Form 1299, box by box
Tap a group of boxes to open it, and a picture to see it full size.
Boxes 1 to 5, date prepared and offices

Enter the date prepared (DDMMMYYYY) in Box 1 and the shipment number in Box 2.
Enter the name of the preparing office in Box 3.
In Box 4, enter the name, address (Street, Suite Number, City, State, ZIP Code) and telephone numbers (include area code) of the Responsible Origin Personal Property Shipping Office.
In Box 5, enter the name and telephone numbers (include area code) of the Destination Personal Property Shipping Office.
Box 6, customer information
Box 7, quantity estimate
Box 8, orders
Boxes 9 and 10, pickup and destination information

Box 9, Pickup (Origin) Information: enter the address (Street, Apartment Number, City, County, State, ZIP Code), the telephone numbers (Duty/Home/Cell) (include area code) and the agent designated to release property/telephone number.
Box 10, Destination Information: enter the address (Street, Apartment Number, City, County, State, ZIP Code), the telephone numbers (Duty/Home/Cell) (include area code) and the agent designated to receive property/telephone number.
Boxes 11 and 12, extra pickup and delivery information

Box 11, Extra Pickup Information (if applicable): enter the address, telephone numbers and the agent designated to release property/telephone number.
Box 12, Extra Delivery Information (if applicable): enter the address, telephone numbers and the agent designated to receive property/telephone number.
Box 13, intransit information and permanent mailing address
Boxes 14 to 16, dates, direct delivery and remarks
Boxes 17 and 18, certification and signature

Box 17, Certification of Shipment Responsibilities/Storage Conditions: you certify that you have read and understand your shipping responsibilities and storage conditions printed on the back side of this form. Sign and enter the date signed (DDMMMYYYY).
Box 18, certificate in lieu of signature on this form, is required when regulations so authorize. Personal property is baggage, household goods, and/or professional books, papers and equipment authorized to be shipped at government expense. Enter the reason for nonavailability of signature, sign and enter the title.
Certification of shipment responsibilities
In consideration of said household goods or mobile home being shipped at Government expense, you agree that this shipment/storage lot consists of your property or the property awarded to your ex-spouse incident to a divorce which was acquired by you prior to the effective date of your orders.
You will remit the proper amount or consent to the collection from your pay as may be necessary to cover all excess costs occasioned by this shipment.
You understand the entitlements for transportation of your mobile home and/or shipment of household goods/unaccompanied baggage are provided for in Chapter 5 of JTR.
Professional books, papers and equipment are or were necessary in the performance of official duties Member/Spouse if applicable.
Condition for storage
In consideration of said household goods being stored at Government expense, you agree as follows: you will notify the transportation office responsible for storing your nontemporary storage account of any changes in your storage entitlement.
The Government shall not be liable for charges incident to storage or services in connection with the household goods (1) not authorized by law or regulation to be at Government expense, (2) in excess of weight limitations imposed by law or regulation, or (3) after the expiration of the period of which storage at Government expense is authorized.
Applicants are advised to consider obtaining insurance on their household goods while such goods are in storage.
More rules for DD Form 1299
The form is also used to prepare the Government bill of lading and other shipping documents (as applicable) to move the personal property.
The form is used by the Finance Office for collection from the customer in case goods to be shipped exceed Government entitlement limits.
Disclosure is voluntary; however, failure to provide the requested information may delay shipment and/or storage of your personal property and impede storage arrangements.
Mobile home, modified orders and storage
A mobile home
You agree, prior to shipment and at your expense to place your mobile home in condition to withstand transportation.
Your orders are modified or cancelled
If your orders are modified or cancelled and affect this shipment, you will immediately notify the shipping office at point of origin (or port, if any) and destination.
The household goods are stored in Government facilities
When the household goods are stored in Government facilities and the authorized period for storage at Government expense expires, the Government may require you to remove the household goods from their place of storage.
In the event, after 30 days notice, you fail to remove the household goods, or if, after diligent effort, notice to you cannot be effected, the Government may proceed as follows: (a) place and store the household goods in commercial storage at your expense, or (b) if a commercial warehouse will not accept the household goods for commercial storage at your expense, the Government is hereby authorized to take whatever action in accordance with law and regulation may be deemed appropriate to effect disposition of the household goods.
The household goods are stored in commercial facilities
When the household goods are stored in commercial facilities and the authorized period of storage at Government expense expires, all storage and incidental charges accruing after the last day of the authorized period of storage shall be at your expense.
Common questions about DD Form 1299
What is a DD form 1299?
DD Form 1299, Application for Shipment and/or Storage of Personal Property, is for evaluating requests submitted by Service members and eligible individuals for shipment and/or storage of personal property.
Sources
[1] DD Form 1299 (MAR 2022), Application for Shipment and/or Storage of Personal Property (the Official source link on this page).





