[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR630.8]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER V--DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 630--ABSENTEE DESERTER APPREHENSION PROGRAM AND SURRENDER OF MILITARY PERSONNEL TO CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart C--Desertion
 
Sec. 630.8  Administrative report.


    (a) The unit commander administratively classifies an absentee as a 
deserter and completes DD Form 553 when one or more of the following 
applies:
    (1) The facts and circumstances of the absence, without regard to 
the length of absence, indicates that the soldier may have committed the 
offense of desertion, as defined in articles 85 and 86 of the Uniform 
Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
    (2) The soldier has been AWOL for 30 consecutive days.

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    (3) The soldier, without authority, has gone to or remains in a 
foreign country and while in the foreign country has requested, applied 
for, or accepted any type of asylum or resident permit from the country, 
or any governmental agency.
    (4) The soldier has returned to military control and departs absent 
prior to completion of any administrative or judicial action for a 
previous absence.
    (5) The soldier escapes from confinement.
    (6) The soldier is a special category absentee.
    (b) The unit commander promptly reports deserters to the provost 
marshal via DD Form 553 per AR 630-10, chapter 3.