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732.26—Standard document numbers.

Adjudication authorities will assign to each claim approved for payment, a unique 15 position alpha/numeric standard document number (SDN). Prominently display this number on the NAVMED 6320/10, the NAVCOMPT 2277 (Voucher for Disbursement and/or Collection), NAVCOMPT 1164 (Claim for Reimbursement for Expenditures on Official Business) and on all other documentation accompanying claims. Compose SNDs per the following example: N0016887MD00001 or N0016887RV00001.

	Position Entry	1	2 thru 6	7 & 8	9 & 10	11 thru 15
	Position Entry	N	00168	87	MD or RV	00001

Position	Data entry
1	“N” identifies Navy.
2 thru 6	Unit Identification Code of document issuing activity.
7 and 8	Last two digits of the fiscal year in which the claim is approved for payment.
9 and 10,	For NAVCOMPT 2277s, “MD” identifies the document as Miscellaneous Financial Document.
or,
9 and 10	For SF 1164s, “RV” identifies the document as a Reimbursement Voucher.
11 thru 15	Consecutively assigned five digit serial number beginning with “00001” each fiscal year. Each subsequent claim will then be serially numbered “00002”, “00003”, etc.

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