Our office will need the following to receive your claim:

1.  SF Form 95 (Has to be signed with the amount you are claiming, both individual amounts and a final sum of claimed monies)

2.  Pictures of incident

3.  Have at least 2 quotes

4.  Police report, if available

NOTE: Filing your claim DOES NOT guarantee payment

Will appointments are generally scheduled for Wednesday's. However, reasonable accommodations can be made for exigent circumstances. A 366 JA Will Worksheet is required prior to the scheduled appointment time. Please send the worksheet to 366fw.ja.generallaw@us.af.mil.

The United States Air Force cannot compel any member to accept service of process when they are present on base. To do so would be in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, a federal law that makes it illegal for commanders in the armed forces to use their authority to enforce civilian laws. This does not mean, however, that members of the armed forces, either working or living on an Air Force base, can use their status as an Airman to avoid accepting process in a civilian court.

Entry into a military installation is restrictive, which means only certain individuals possess the necessary credentials to gain access to a base. For that reason, civilian process servers must take additional steps in order to effect service upon a member of the Air Force. If a process server needs to make contact with an individual working or living on an Air Force base, they must go to the Visitor Center. Process Servers with Military Credentials cannot bypass this step. The Visitor Center Staff contacts the legal office to ensure the documents are valid. After making contact, a civilian process server can make arrangements to contact respective individuals on base and serve them. For the reasons stated previously involving the Posse Comitatus Act, security forces and the legal office can only act as intermediaries for a civilian process server in arranging for voluntary acceptance of process. This can include a member of security forces or the base legal office acting as a base escort for a civilian process server so they may attempt to serve the individual involved in the claim.

A fair, active, and efficient judicial system is vital in the United States. Service of process is one of the first steps in ensuring that this right is available to interested parties. While no one on base, whether it be a commander, security forces or the legal office, can force an individual to accept service of process, it is generally in everyone’s best interest to cooperate so that lawsuit can be resolved quickly and fairly.