B737-700 first officer reported receiving an inflight notification from dispatch regarding an aircra...

Attributes
ACN	1647136
Time
Date	201905
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 65
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Hazardous Material Violation Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

About 15 minutes after takeoff; we received a dispatch message stating there was an aircraft battery loaded in the aft cargo bay in spot D1; and the ground agent forgot to get the captain signature on the hazmat paperwork. ZZZ ground agent was faxing the paperwork to ZZZ1 and requested the captain sign the paperwork on landing. Captain had a conversation with chief pilot and decided not to sign the paperwork after the fact. There was no notification of the battery; either verbal or written; to any member of the crew while on the ground at ZZZ.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 First Officer reported receiving an inflight notification from Dispatch regarding an aircraft battery on board. Flight crew was not notified of the Hazmat while on the ground.

Narrative: About 15 minutes after takeoff; we received a Dispatch message stating there was an aircraft battery loaded in the aft cargo bay in spot D1; and the Ground Agent forgot to get the Captain signature on the HAZMAT paperwork. ZZZ Ground Agent was faxing the paperwork to ZZZ1 and requested the Captain sign the paperwork on landing. Captain had a conversation with Chief Pilot and decided not to sign the paperwork after the fact. There was no notification of the battery; either verbal or written; to any member of the Crew while on the ground at ZZZ.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

B737-700 first officer reported receiving an inflight notification from dispatch regarding an aircraft battery on board. Flight crew was not notified of the hazmat while on the ground.