Property Accountability
Policies and
Procedures for
Property
Accountability
Headquarters
Department of the Army
Washington, DC
28 February 2005
UNCLASSIFIED
SUMMARY of CHANGE
AR 735–5
Policies and Procedures for Property Accountability
This revision, dated 28 February 2005 -- o Changes the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (DCSLOG) to Deputy Chief of
Staff, G-4 (DCS, G-4) (throughout). o Revises DA Form 1659, Reports of Survey to Financial Liability Investigations of Property Loss (chaps 1, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15). o Requires contractors to report reportable Army property under the continuing balance system-expanded and unique item tracking to the Logistics Support
Activity at least annually (para 2-5a). o Adds requirement to inventory real property, general property plant, and equipment and stewardship land at least once every 5 years (para 2-6d). o Changes the term international merchant purchase authorization card to
General Services Administration smart pay purchase card (para 2-10b). o Establishes policy for the task force property book officer to support units participating in contingency operations or war (para 2-13b). o Directs commanders to use automatic identification technologies (AIT) in receipt, storage, inventory, issue, and shipment functions (para 6-1a). o Changes the term wholesale level to national level (throughout). o Changes policy for coding property durable (paras 7-6 and 7-7). o Changes the address for submitting requests for deviation to HQDA (DALO-SMP)
(para 8-2d). o Removes quick service operations from summary accounting (para 10-6a). o Identifies personal arms and equipment as a soldier’s personal weapon and equipment assigned to them for their exclusive use (para 12-1). o Replaces DA Form 4697 with DD Form 200 (chap 12). o Revises policy addressing the lost, damage, or destruction of Government property stemming from the publication of DOD 7000.14-R, and adds a new
References: a. Title 5, United States Code (5 USC), sections 5511, 5512, and 5514. b. 10 USC 2636, 2775, 483, 4832, 4836, 4837, 4839, and 4840.