diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.TransmittalMgr.php b/views/bootstrap/class.TransmittalMgr.php
index 4280931b6..22dfa2392 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.TransmittalMgr.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.TransmittalMgr.php
@@ -36,13 +36,25 @@ class SeedDMS_View_TransmittalMgr extends SeedDMS_Theme_Style {
 		$onepage = $this->params['onepage'];
 
 		header('Content-Type: application/javascript; charset=UTF-8');
-		parent::jsTranslations(array('cancel', 'splash_move_document', 'confirm_move_document', 'move_document', 'confirm_transfer_link_document', 'transfer_content', 'link_document', 'splash_move_folder', 'confirm_move_folder', 'move_folder'));
+		parent::jsTranslations(array('js_form_error', 'js_form_errors', 'cancel', 'splash_move_document', 'confirm_move_document', 'move_document', 'confirm_transfer_link_document', 'transfer_content', 'link_document', 'splash_move_folder', 'confirm_move_folder', 'move_folder'));
 		$this->printDeleteDocumentButtonJs();
 		$this->printDeleteItemButtonJs();
 		$this->printUpdateItemButtonJs();
 		if($onepage)
 			$this->printClickDocumentJs();
 ?>
+function runValidation() {
+	$("#form1").validate({
+		rules: {
+			name: {
+				required: true
+			},
+		},
+		messages: {
+			name: "<?php printMLText("js_no_name");?>",
+		}
+	});
+}
 $(document).ready( function() {
 	$('body').on('click', '.selecttransmittal', function(ev){
 		ev.preventDefault();
@@ -209,7 +221,7 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 		$user = $this->params['user'];
 		$accessop = $this->params['accessobject'];
 ?>
-	<form action="../op/op.TransmittalMgr.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form<?php print $transmittal ? $transmittal->getID() : '0';?>">
+	<form action="../op/op.TransmittalMgr.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form<?php print $transmittal ? $transmittal->getID() : '0';?>" id="form1">
 <?php
 		if($transmittal) {
 			echo createHiddenFieldWithKey('edittransmittal');
@@ -223,6 +235,7 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="addtransmittal">
 <?php
 		}
+		$this->contentContainerStart();
 		$this->formField(
 			getMLText("name"),
 			array(
@@ -243,6 +256,7 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 				'value'=>($transmittal ? htmlspecialchars($transmittal->getComment()) : '')
 			)
 		);
+		$this->contentContainerEnd();
 		if($transmittal && $accessop->check_controller_access('TransmittalMgr', array('action'=>'edittransmittal')) || !$transmittal && $accessop->check_controller_access('TransmittalMgr', array('action'=>'addtransmittal'))) {
 			$this->formSubmit("<i class=\"fa fa-save\"></i> ".($transmittal ? getMLText('save') : getMLText('add_transmittal')));
 		}
@@ -319,6 +333,9 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 		$accessop = $this->params['accessobject'];
 		$seltransmittal = $this->params['seltransmittal'];
 
+		$this->htmlAddHeader('<script type="text/javascript" src="../views/'.$this->theme.'/vendors/jquery-validation/jquery.validate.js"></script>'."\n", 'js');
+		$this->htmlAddHeader('<script type="text/javascript" src="../views/'.$this->theme.'/styles/validation-default.js"></script>'."\n", 'js');
+
 		$this->htmlStartPage(getMLText("my_transmittals"));
 		$this->globalNavigation();
 		$this->contentStart();
@@ -359,11 +376,9 @@ $(document).ready( function() {
 		$this->columnEnd();
 		$this->columnStart(8);
 		if($accessop->check_view_access($this, array('action'=>'form'))) {
-		$this->contentContainerStart();
 ?>
-		<div class="ajax" data-view="TransmittalMgr" data-action="form" <?php echo ($seltransmittal ? "data-query=\"transmittalid=".$seltransmittal->getID()."\"" : "") ?>></div>
+		<div class="ajax" data-view="TransmittalMgr" data-action="form" data-afterload="()=>{runValidation();}" <?php echo ($seltransmittal ? "data-query=\"transmittalid=".$seltransmittal->getID()."\"" : "") ?>></div>
 <?php
-		$this->contentContainerEnd();
 		}
 		if($accessop->check_view_access($this, array('action'=>'items'))) {
 ?>