NAVSUP FORM 29 at a glance
What it is: NAVSUP FORM 29 (REV. 5-78), the Inventory of Personal Effects Lost, Abandoned, Unclaimed, serves as a record of property impounded by the Government incident to a member's death or disappearance.
Who signs: The Receiving Officer enters a Signature, Rank and Title, and the appointment officer enters a Signature on the Approved By line.
The form names an Inventory Board Appointed By the CO/OINC and a Receiving Officer, who signs for what is Received From Inventory Board.
A filled-in NAVSUP FORM 29 example: inventory of a deceased member's effects
How to fill out NAVSUP FORM 29, box by box
Name, SSAN, ship or station and custody date
Enter the Name (Last) (First) (Middle), the SSAN, the Ship/Station and the Date Acquired Custody.
Home of record and next of kin
Enter the Home of Record, and the Name and Address of Next of Kin, Heir, Legal Representative.
Reason for intervention
Select one item under Reason for Intervention: Deceased, Declared AWOL/Deserter, Mentally/Physically Incapacitated, MIA, Transfrd on LV or TEMDU, or Transfrd W/O Belongings. Enter the Date.
Inventory board appointed and receiving officer
Under Inventory Board Appointed, enter Senior:, Other:, the Date of Appointment and Appointed By (Typed name of CO/OINC signature).
Enter Received From Inventory Board, Date:, the Signature, Rank, Title of Receiving Officer and the Ship/Sta if other than the Ship/Station.
Statement of unsettled financial transactions
Under Statement of Unsettled Financial Transactions, enter Owed to the Named Member By and the Amount.
Personal effects being shipped to and remarks
Under Personal Effects Being Shipped To, mark Next of Kin, Legal Owner, PEDC Cheatham or PEDC Oakland CA. Enter Remarks (Overseas/typed name of Custom Inspector (if applicable)).
More rules for NAVSUP FORM 29
Lack of SSN on this form will not directly affect the member. When it is furnished, however, it precludes any possible mistaken identity when names are the same and this is a frequent occurence.
Under List of Personal Effects, enter the Name (Last) (First) (Middle), the SSAN, Assigned To and the Date.
The List of Personal Effects has Class I Bedding, Class II Clothing Prescribed by Navy Uniform Regulations, Class III Money, Class IV Negotiable and Nonnegotiable Instruments, and Class V Miscellaneous Articles of Intrinsic, Sentimental & Utility Value.
Under Class III - Money, enter Denom., No. and Amount for Bills and Coins, then the Subtotal, Foreign Currency and TOTAL.
Under Inventory Board, enter Senior Board Member, Seal No., Other Board Member, Date of Inventory and Remarks.
Enter the Disposition if other than owner/bailee or shipment to other activity. The Approved By (Signature of appointment officer) line is For Use of Supply Officer.
Sources
[1] NAVSUP FORM 29 (REV. 5-78), Inventory of Personal Effects Lost, Abandoned, Unclaimed (the Official source link on this page).