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The scope here is Department-wide. DD Form 2507 — DD Form 2507, Notice Of Vehicle Impoundment, May 2000 — exists to Notice of Vehicle Impoundment, and it applies across the services rather than inside one. That is what the DD prefix encodes: joint issue, single edition, every branch and defense agency working from identical paper.
Authority: not stated prescribes it, not stated maintains it. Those two names settle most disputes about why the form is being asked for. Local commands add timing on top; the requirement itself comes from above them.
Edition not stated, status not stated. That comparison is the first thing worth making, because a DD form supersedes centrally and an old copy in a shared drive is out of date for every office, not just yours.
Formats: PDF. Length 2 pages, approximately 35 entries. Pick on the basis of how you will complete it.
Default to fillable pdf, print only when you must. The fillable file stores what you type; the printable file is a blank picture. A Department form often travels further than a service form — scanned, emailed, forwarded to an agency that never saw the original — and typed text is what survives that.
Xfdl needs IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client — a pdf reader will not open it. The format was the Defense standard for electronic forms across the Department for years, which is why it persists in DD distribution long after most users moved to pdf.
All formats are free. One operational note: save the file locally and open it in a desktop reader. Browser-embedded viewers drop field properties and lose typed data without warning.
What the form asks for
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- 1. Date (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no dividers).
- 2. To.
- 3. From.
- 3. Vehicle identification. a. Date removed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 3.c. Make.
- 3.d. Model.
- 3.e. Vehicle identification number.
- 3.f. Decal number.
- 3.g. Vehicle license. (1) Number.
- 3.g.(2) State.
- 4. Location from where vehicle was removed.
- 5. Location where vehicle is stored.
- 6.a.(1) Installation Law Enforcement Office Telephone number.
- 6.a.(2) Installation Law Enforcement Office Address.
- 7. Authorizing Official. a. Typed name (last, first, middle initial).
- 7.b. Signature.
- 8.a. Signature of vehicle owner.
- 8.b. Date signed (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day).
- 9.a. First lien, Mortgage, or encumbrance. (1) Name of lienholder.
- 9.a.(2) Address of lienholder (street, city, state and zip code).
- 9.a.(3) Amount of lien.
- 9.b. Second lien, Mortgage, or encumbrance. (1) Name of lienholder.
- 9.b.(2) Address of lienholder (street, city, state and zip code).
Start by matching the printed date to not stated. Old blanks accumulate in shared folders for years. Because the Department reissues to all services in one action, nobody is still accepting the previous layout by local custom.
Field-level questions go to the printed instructions, then to not stated, which is authoritative.
Send it as not stated or local guidance specifies. Save a copy. Cross-service and cross-agency routing is normal for Department forms, and a lost original outside your own organization is harder to chase down.
Related forms are found by number alone. The DD sequence is one unified Department-wide series, so a cited number resolves to exactly one document with no branch qualifier needed.
Do not read across from a service number. DA numbering is Army-specific under an Army proponent; DD numbering is Department-wide under not stated or an equivalent Department office. The sequences are unrelated, so identical digits in each identify two different documents. Read the prefix, not the digits.
Revision follows directive changes, changed data requirements and amended notice language, unannounced. Verify not stated each time rather than trusting a saved copy — the cost of the check is seconds.
This page publishes a Defense document and explains its contents. It does not advise, does not rule on applicability, and determines nothing about how a completed form will be treated. Direct such questions to not stated, to the servicing personnel office, or to the office designated in not stated.
Questions and answers
- What is DD Form 2507?
- DD Form 2507, Notice Of Vehicle Impoundment, 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?